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Richie's Picks: a collection of essays and reviews about great books for children and young adults
Complete list of reviews (alphabetical by title):
My book is now available! The title is
I Second That Emotion: Sharing Children's and Young Adult Poetry,
a resource guide for teachers and librarians.
ISBN:978-1-933170-55-8
FTC NOTICE: Richie receives free books from lots of publishers who hope he will Pick their books.
You can figure that any review here was written after reading and dog-earring a free copy received.
Richie retains these review copies for his rereading pleasure and for use in his booktalks at schools and libraries.
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News: My Summer '09 LIBR271 students have completed their work on the Picture Books for Older Readers wiki. There are now over 1,000 books discussed. See it at:
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Most Recent Picks:
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ACCOMPLICE by Eireann Corrigan, Scholastic Press, August 2010, 296p, ISBN: 978-0-545-05236-8
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UBIQUITOUS: CELEBRATING NATURE'S SURVIVORS by Joyce Sidman and Beckie Prange, ill. Houghton Mifflin, April 2010, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-618-71719-4
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CRUNCH by Leslie Connor, HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books, Earth Day, 2010, 336p., ISBN: 978-0-06-169229-1
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LOUISA: THE LIFE OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT by Yena Zeldis McDonough and Bethanne Andersen, Holt, August 2009, 48p., ISBN: 9780805081923
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THE BUFFALO ARE BACK by Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor, ill. Dutton, May 2010, 32p., ISBN: 978-0525422150
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BINK & GOLLIE by Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee, and Tony Fucile, ill. Candlewick, August 2010, 92p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-3266-3
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KALEIDOSCOPE EYES by Jen Bryant, Knopf, May 2009, 272p., ISBN: 978-0-375-84048-7
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90 MILES TO HAVANA by Enrique Flores-Galbis, Roaring Brook, August 2010, 296p., ISBN: 978-1-59643-168-3
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GOING BOVINE by Libba Bray, Delacorte, September 2009, 496p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73397-7
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BLACK JACK: THE BALLAD OF JACK JOHNSON by Charles R. Smith Jr. and Shane W. Evans, ill., Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, June 2010, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-59643-473-8
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BORDERLINE by Allan Stratton, Harper Teen, March 2010, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-06-145111-9; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-145112-6
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BOYS WITHOUT NAMES by Kashmira Sheth, Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins, January 2010, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-06-185760-7
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THE LAST SUMMER OF THE DEATH WARRIORS by Francisco X. Stork, Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, March 2010, 352p., ISBN: 978-0-545-15133-7
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TURTLE IN PARADISE by Jennifer L. Holm. Random House, May 2010, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-375-83688-6; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-93688-3
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A MILLION SHADES OF GRAY by Cynthia Kadohata, Atheneum, January 2010, 224p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-1883-7
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POETREES by Douglas Florian, Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster, March 2010, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-8672-0
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THE DREAMER by Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sis, illustrator, Scholastic Press, April 2010, 384p., ISBN: 978-0-439-26970-4
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ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia, Harper Amistad, January 2010, 224p., ISBN: 978-0-06-076088-5; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-076089-2
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SIT-IN: HOW FOUR FRIENDS STOOD UP BY SITTING DOWN by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, ill., Little Brown, February 2010, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-316-07016-4
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RIDING INVISIBLE: AN ADVENTURE JOURNAL by Sandra Alonzo and Nathan Huang, ill. Disney/Hyperion, March 2010, 240p., ISBN: 978-1-4231-1898-5
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STUCK ON EARTH by David Klass, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, March 2010, 227p., ISBN: 978-0-374-39951-1
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THEY NEVER CAME BACK by Caroline B. Cooney, Delacorte, January 2010, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73808-8; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-385-90709-5
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PARTY by Tom Leveen, Random House Books for Young Readers, April 2010, 240p., ISBN: 978-0-375-86436-0; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-96436-7
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STAR IN THE FOREST by Laura Resau, Delacorte, March 2010, 160p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73792-0; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-385-90700-2
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HOMECOMING by Cynthia Voigt, Atheneum, 1981
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LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld and Keith Thompson, ill., Simon Pulse, October 2009, 448p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-7173-3
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RIKERS HIGH by Paul Volponi, Viking, February 2010, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-670-01107-0
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IF I STAY by Gayle Forman, Dutton, April 2009, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-525-42103-0
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ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL by Nora Raleigh Baskin, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, March 2009, 195p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-6378-3
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THE SMART ALECK'S GUIDE TO AMERICAN HISTORY by Adam Selzer, Delacorte, December 2009, 336p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73650-3; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-385-90613-5
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SPLIT by Swati Avasthi, Knopf, March 2010, 240p., ISBN: 978-0-375-86340-0; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-96340-7
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Joshua Watson, Lee & Low, April 2009, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-60060-257-3
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TSUNAMI! by Kimiko Kajikawa and Ed Young, ill. Philomel, February 2009, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25006-4
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ALCHEMY AND MEGGY SWANN by Karen Cushman, Clarion, April 2010, 176p., ISBN: 978-0-5472-3184-6
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WE WERE HERE by Matt de la Pena, Delacorte, October 2009, 368p, ISBN: 978-0-385-73667-1; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-385-73667-1
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POND CIRCLE by Betsy Franco and Stefano Vitale, ill., McElderry Books, June 2009, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-4021-0
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