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Author Reading, Oct. 27: The Wompananny Witches Make One Mean Pizza

Children's Book News, NewsOctober 13, 2017302Views 0Likes 0Comments

Former Pelham resident Jennie Palmer is headed back to town for a reading of her new children’s book, The Wompananny Witches Make One Mean Pizza, at the Town of Pelham Public Library on Friday, October 27th at 3:30 p.m. Jennie grew up and attended school in Pelham before heading to Rhode Island School of Design to…

YA Review: “Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper

Children's Book NewsApril 17, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Like the main character in R.J. Palacio's Wonder, Melody, in Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper, was born with a disability -- in her case, cerebral palsy, which has affected her body, but not her brain. Wheelchair bound, and unable to speak, she is a member of the class in Room H-5 which is for…

YA Book Review: “Caravaggio Signed in Blood” By Mark David Smith

Children's Book NewsOctober 24, 2016387Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the work of historical fiction Caravaggio Signed in Blood, the Renaissance artist is depicted as a brawling, unrepentant, street fighter in Rome, spoiling for his next battle. Equipped with a flashing sword and an eye to mayhem, he encounters the influential nobility and promptly slays one of them in a street clash. Now he is…

Juvenile Book Review: “Full of Beans” by Jennifer L. Holm

Children's Book News, UncategorizedOctober 3, 2016599Views 0Likes 0Comments

Eighty years ago, a nickel was worth something. One nickel could buy candy, a ticket to a movie, and real food for a meal. It was during the Great Depression, and life was far from ideal even in Key West, Florida. Huge mounds of smelly garbage piled up, people were out of work, and kids went…

Juvenile Book Review: “Wolf Hollow” by Lauren Wolk

Children's Book NewsJuly 12, 20161KViews 0Likes 0Comments

How we treat each other does matter; it can sometimes determine who lives and who dies. Betty Glengarry is a force of evil who suddenly arrives one day in the small Pennsylvania farming town of Wolf Hollow. Everywhere she goes, she spreads lies and pain. Her chief victim is a younger girl, Annabelle, whom she…