Ms. Yingling Reads

Blackwood, Gary. Around the World in 100 Days Harry Fogg (yes, related to THAT Fogg) is tremendously intrigued by motorcars. He and his frie...

Kudlinski, Kathleen. Dr. Seuss: Young Author and Artist . Was waxing nostalgic for the Childhood of Famous Americans series the other day, ...

Whitman, Emily. Wildwing Recommended by Charlotte at Charlotte's Library In 1913, Addy goes into service with Mr. Greenwood, a solitary ...

Cohn , Rachel and Levithan , David. Dash and Lily's Book of Dares Copy Provided by Bookworm Readers !!! Dash finds a red moleskine note...

Shang, Wendy Wan-Long . The Great Wall of Lucy Wu . In this excellent realistic fiction novel, Lucy is going to have the best year ever in t...

When I was a library helper in the fourth grade, I would take home two Childhood of Famous Americans books and read them every night. Stadi...

McKissack, Patricia, Frederick and John. Cyborg Sequel to The Clone Codes There's still trouble in the future: Leanna has escaped but is...

Park, Linda Sue . A Long Walk to Water.   November 15th 2010 by Clarion Books In 1985, eleven-year-old Salva Dut finds himself in the middle...

Must have been reading Young Adult reviews again, because my pile of weekend reading was strange, dark, depressing, and not middle school ap...

Lewis, J.S . Invasion . E-ARC provided by Net Galley We've done Guy Friday lists for science fiction list and spies , and Invasion h...

Egan, Tim. Dodsworth in London . I'm a sucker for anything set in London, and someone recommended this "I Can Read" type story...

...reading all the hardcover fiction in the library, that is! Finished up last night with Zirpoli, Jane. Roots in the Outfield. (1988) ...

These are HUGELY popular books at my school, but they've been difficult reading for me. Here are some resources to consult if you need t...

The above quote is by my daughter, Picky Reader, whose favorite nominee for the Cybils middle grade science fiction and fantasy award WON!! ...

Magoon , Kekla . Today the World is Watching You: The Little Rock Nine and the Fight for School Integration, 1957. To be published by Lerner...

Disclaimer: I've never been a guy. So when I found out that Jonathan Liu at the Geek Dad Blog came up with lists of books with strong f...

Zindel, Paul. Night of the Bat . (2001) Sadly, out of print. Jake goes to spend time with his scientist father who is researching bats in th...

We're still having fun with Boys Read Pink ; so many of my books with actual pink covers have been checked out that we've had to bro...

Didn't mean for this to be a recurring post; just turned out that way! Beaudoin, Dean. You Killed Wesley Payne . From the Publisher: ...

Charlotte at Charlotte's Library frequently has a Timeslip Tuesday, as well as excellent weekly round ups of science fiction/fantasy ...