by Pam | Mar 18, 2021 | Book News, book review
BOOK REVIEW of THE PARKOUR CLUB Kirkus Reviews March 2021 Two teens fall for one another amid an extreme sport and an extremist plot in Withers and Hayat’s YA novel. Sixteen-year-old Bronte Miller has returned to her hometown of Richland, Washington, after a year in...
by Pam | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog, Books, Boys' LIteracy, education, Literacy, parenting boys, Parenting Tips, Uncategorized
Guess what percentage of kidlit/YA authors are male? The answer is 14%. Why does that matter? Well, given how essential they are as role models in getting boys to read, it’s important that educators and parents know who they are, schools and libraries hire them...
by Pam | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
Picture a shy girl living in a very small Midwestern town where there’s not a lot to do but daydream. The second of six children, she needs to escape the boisterous noise of her household now and again. She needs space to think and dream and be alone. She discovers...
by Pam | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog
What should at-risk youth read? Edgy books, relatively short books, nonfiction books and “high interest, low vocabulary” books, also known as hi-low, reluctant-reader or quick-read books. Why? Here’s a paragraph I came across on a website for teacher-librarians: “As...
