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How to Walk a Dog
Gr 3-7–Asher has felt lost since his best friend Gilly stopped talking to him this summer. He can’t figure out why she ended their friendship. Is it because he asks too many questions? Did she get frustrated with his ADHD? And why is she suddenly eating foods she hates and stealing maxi pads from the store? Asher is determined to find answers to help his ex-best friend—whether she wants it or not.
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The House Saphir
Teen charlatans battle a sinister specter in this rollicking “Bluebeard” reimagining. Unlike their mother, Mallory and Anaïs Fontaine can’t wield the magic necessary to cast spells. Everybody in the city of Morant assumes otherwise, though, so after their mother dies, the girls begin peddling counterfeit wares from the family’s potions-and-charms shop.
20 books to get you in the holiday spirit
From romance to nonfiction, these festive Canadian and international titles make for perfect reading during the holiday season! The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose The Mistletoe Mystery is a novella by Nita Prose. (Dahlia Katz, Viking) The Mistletoe Mystery is a holiday novella featuring Molly the Maid from Nita Prose's earlier books. When Molly and her boyfriend are part of a secret Santa exchange that makes her question her relationship, she's thrown into solving her most personal mystery yet.
A Spectacular Holiday Surprise: A Guest Post by Marissa Meyer and Joanne Levy
A Spectacular Holiday Surprise: A Guest Post by Marissa Meyer and Joanne Levy Let It Glow is The Parent Trap for a new generation — when a pair of estranged identical twins meet, they decide to secretly swap families and wacky winter schemes ensue. When author Joanne Levy began writing Let It Glow, she quickly realized she’d need a co-writer, and Marissa Meyer was the obvious pick. Read on for Joanne and Marissa’s exclusive essay on the ins and outs of their collaboration process.
Best Kids' Books of November and December 2024
Best Kids’ Books of November and December 2024 We know, we know — the kids in your life are probably looking forward to tearing open our best LEGO sets, toys and games this holiday season, but we’ve got the right books to keep them merry through the rest of the year. From a hilarious holiday family swap to butt-kicking Bad Guys to a brand-new story from Mo Willems and more, these books are guaranteed to keep tiny spirits bright. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.
Guide to Jewish Literature - March/April 2024
A selection of books to entice any reader. Everything from novels to nonfiction, memoirs to mysteries, cookbooks to kids’ books. Clara’s Secret This critically-acclaimed bestseller presents the captivating story of Clara Prinz, a remarkable woman forced to leave her native Berlin in 1939.
36 Canadian middle-grade books to watch for in fall 2022
Here are the Canadian middle-grade books and chapter books we are excited to read in the second half of 2022. The Book of Elsie by Joanne Levy The Book of Elsie is a novel that explores the life of one Elsie Rose-Miller. Elsie is a Jewish girl who is excited about the Purim holiday and the costume party happening at her local synagogue. But when the synagogue is vandalized, Elsie learns that justice and the power of love are what is needed to bring the community together to stand up to hate.
Kids Are Curious About Death — As Jewish Parents, It’s Our Job to Teach Them – Kveller
As an author of books for tweens, I don’t use four-letter words in my writing. But I’ve never shied away from tough topics that kids face. I’ve written about gender stereotypes, toxic masculinity, social anxiety and yes, death. Death could be a four-letter word with how fraught and taboo a topic it can be. So many of us avoid it like a plague (too soon?). We don’t discuss it in mixed company until it’s absolutely necessary. And then, only in hushed whispers. Grief can be so complicated.
Book Corner: ‘Sorry For Your Loss’
“Sorry For Your Loss,” by Joanne Levy, published by Orca Books, third grade and up This exquisite middle grade novel expertly shares what happens before, during, and after a Jewish funeral. Evie and Oren are relatable characters who cope with the death of a loved ones. This book is sensitive, thoughtful, and respectful to the grieving process. Perfect for adults, too.
Sorry for Your Loss
by Joanne Levy From classics by E.B. White and Katherine Paterson to contemporary novels by Eric Walters and Ali Benjamin, the subject of death is something that children’s fiction is unafraid to explore. The rituals following death, however, are topics not as well tread. In Joanne Levy’s captivating middle-grade novel Sorry for Your Loss, readers follow 12-year-old Evie Walman as she spends the summer assisting her parents, who own and operate a Jewish funeral home.
SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS
by Jacqueline Woodson ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 28, 2014 A multiaward–winning author recalls her childhood and the joy of becoming a writer. Writing in free verse, Woodson starts with her 1963 birth in Ohio during the civil rights movement, when America is “a country caught / / between Black and White.” But while evoking names such as Malcolm, Martin, James, Rosa and Ruby, her story is also one of family: her father’s people in Ohio and her mother’s people in South Carolina.
8 new books to inspire your students this year
Since 1986, Accelerated Reader has helped millions of students in the US and around the world to discover a love of reading. As we celebrate 35 years of AR, we want to highlight the wide diversity of fiction and nonfiction titles supported by the program. And who better to help us with this than the members of the AR Quiz Design Team, who read hundreds of new children’s and young adult books each year?
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