After giving thanks and spending the day with family and friends many people are out fighting the Black Friday crowds looking for deal...

The Dolphins of Shark Bay: Scientists in the Field series By Pamela S. Turner; Photographs by Scott Tuason Houghton Mifflin; 2013 ISBN: 9...

Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving   by Laurie Halse Anderson illustrated by Matt Faulkner Simon & Schuster Books for...

The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius By Jan Greenberg  & Sandra Jordan Roaring Brook Press. 2013. 53 pgs. ISBN: 978159643...

March: Book One By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin; Illustrated by Nate Powell Top Shelf Publishing. 2013 ISBN: 9781603093002 Grades 8 and up ...

The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans  by Barbara Walsh illustrated by Layne Johnson Calkins Creek, 2012 ISBN:...

For the Good of Mankind: the shameful history of human medical experimentation By Vicki Oransky Wittenstein Twenty-First Century Books. ...

The Boy on the Wooden Box: how the impossible became possible…on Schindler’s list A Memoir by Leon Leyson with Marilyn J. Harran * Elisab...

Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthy Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006 ...

As Halloween draws near, we thought it fitting that Common Core: IRL focus on scary stories. Be sure to visit the following blogs today t...

The Great American Dust Bowl Written & Illustrated by Don Brown Houghton Mifflin. 2013 ISBN: 9780547815503 Grades 5 and up I borrowed th...

Here are some articles that caught our attention this month. Several nonfiction authors have been focusing on the Common Core State St...

The Tree Lady: the true story of how one tree-loving woman changed a city forever By H. Joseph Hopkins; Illustrated by Jill McElmurry Beach ...

The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand New  Colo rs by Chris Barton illustrated by Tony ...

Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons By Sara Levine; Illustrations by T.S. Spookytooth Millbrook Press. 2013 ISBN: 9780761384649 ...

Courage Has No Color: the True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers  By Tanya Lee Stone  Candlewick Press. 2...

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table Written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; Illustrated by Eric-Schabazz Larkin Readers to Eaters. 20...

Can you feel the excitement in the air? It's almost CYBILS season.  I'm pleased the share that I'm a Round #2 judge in the...

Pedal It! How bicycles are changing the world Michelle Mulder Orca Book Publishers. 2013 ISBN: 9781459802193 Grades 6 and up. Younger if sha...

The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery  by Steve Sheinkin Roaring Brook Press, 2010 ISBN: 9781...