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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): 

1 thru 9

A thru C

D thru G

H thru K

L thru O

P thru R

S thru V

W thru Z

  

 

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

 

Buy it here: http://www.lmcsource.com/isell3/product.php?id=98&locatekey=f923e208da14cf826ebe0a1228ba0ba3

 

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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You can contact me at BudNotBuddy@aol.com

 

Richie's Picks categorized: 

Best of the Year Lists

2009 Titles

Picture Books

Nonfiction Titles

Links

Black History

Historical Fiction

Biographical or Autobiographical

Graphic Novels 

Sports 

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:

http://picturebooksforolderreaders.pbworks.com/

 

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Most Recent Picks:

ACCOMPLICE by Eireann Corrigan, Scholastic Press, August 2010, 296p, ISBN: 978-0-545-05236-8

UBIQUITOUS: CELEBRATING NATURE'S SURVIVORS by Joyce Sidman and Beckie Prange, ill. Houghton Mifflin, April 2010, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-618-71719-4

CRUNCH by Leslie Connor, HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books, Earth Day, 2010, 336p., ISBN: 978-0-06-169229-1

LOUISA: THE LIFE OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT by Yena Zeldis McDonough and Bethanne Andersen, Holt, August 2009, 48p., ISBN: 9780805081923

SIR CHARLIE CHAPLIN: THE FUNNIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Sid Fleischman, Greenwillow, June 2010, 288p., ISBN: 978-0-06-189640-8

THE BUFFALO ARE BACK by Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor, ill. Dutton, May 2010, 32p., ISBN: 978-0525422150

BINK & GOLLIE by Kate DiCamillo, Alison McGhee, and Tony Fucile, ill. Candlewick, August 2010, 92p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-3266-3

KALEIDOSCOPE EYES by Jen Bryant, Knopf, May 2009, 272p., ISBN: 978-0-375-84048-7

90 MILES TO HAVANA by Enrique Flores-Galbis, Roaring Brook, August 2010, 296p., ISBN: 978-1-59643-168-3

GOING BOVINE by Libba Bray, Delacorte, September 2009, 496p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73397-7

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

BORDERLINE by Allan Stratton, Harper Teen, March 2010, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-06-145111-9; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-06-145112-6

BOYS WITHOUT NAMES by Kashmira Sheth, Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins, January 2010, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-06-185760-7

THE LAST SUMMER OF THE DEATH WARRIORS by Francisco X. Stork, Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, March 2010, 352p., ISBN: 978-0-545-15133-7

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  

A MILLION SHADES OF GRAY by Cynthia Kadohata, Atheneum, January 2010, 224p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-1883-7

POETREES by Douglas Florian, Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster, March 2010, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-8672-0

THE DREAMER by Pam Munoz Ryan and Peter Sis, illustrator, Scholastic Press, April 2010, 384p., ISBN: 978-0-439-26970-4 

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

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

RIDING INVISIBLE: AN ADVENTURE JOURNAL by Sandra Alonzo and Nathan Huang, ill. Disney/Hyperion, March 2010, 240p., ISBN: 978-1-4231-1898-5

STUCK ON EARTH by David Klass, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, March 2010, 227p., ISBN: 978-0-374-39951-1

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

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

STAR IN THE FOREST by Laura Resau, Delacorte, March 2010, 160p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73792-0; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-385-90700-2

HOMECOMING by Cynthia Voigt, Atheneum, 1981

LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld and Keith Thompson, ill., Simon Pulse, October 2009, 448p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-7173-3

RIKERS HIGH by Paul Volponi, Viking, February 2010, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-670-01107-0

IF I STAY by Gayle Forman, Dutton, April 2009, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-525-42103-0

ANYTHING BUT TYPICAL by Nora Raleigh Baskin, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, March 2009, 195p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-6378-3

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

SPLIT by Swati Avasthi, Knopf, March 2010, 240p., ISBN: 978-0-375-86340-0; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-96340-7

I AND I: BOB MARLEY by Tony Medina and

Joshua Watson, Lee & Low, April 2009, 48p., ISBN: 978-1-60060-257-3

TSUNAMI! by Kimiko Kajikawa and Ed Young, ill. Philomel, February 2009, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25006-4

ALCHEMY AND MEGGY SWANN by Karen Cushman, Clarion, April 2010, 176p., ISBN: 978-0-5472-3184-6

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

POND CIRCLE by Betsy Franco and Stefano Vitale, ill., McElderry Books, June 2009, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-4021-0

RIVER OF DREAMS: THE STORY OF THE HUDSON RIVER by Hudson Talbott, Putnam Juvenile, January 2009, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-399-24521-3

 

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