Review By ANDREA ZOLLMAN Originally published in 1962, the Forest Fire Mystery is a fast-paced story that tells the story of 15-year-old Art Mills, who moves with his parents and younger sister from Denver, Colorado, to a small southern Colorado town bordered by a national forest. Art gets off to a rough start with the local […]
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Forest Fire Mystery
November 1st, 2014 · No Comments · Books
Tags: 1960s Childrens Literature·Andrea Zollman·Chapter Books·Franklin Folsom·Mystery·Older Elementary·Troy Nesbit·Wilderness
On Kiki’s Reef
April 28th, 2014 · No Comments · Books
Review By ANDREA ZOLLMAN Author Carol L. Malnor based her new book, On Kiki’s Reef, on her own visit to a coral reef. This story introduces to readers sea turtles as well as other fascinating inhabitants of a coral reef. The book reminded me of my own visit to Maui, diving among the fish and […]
Tags: Andrea Zollman·Carol L. Malnor·Coral Reef·Early Elementary·Oceans·Preschoolers·Trina L. Hunner·Turtles
Buffalo Bird Girl
November 13th, 2013 · No Comments · Books
Review By ANDREA ZOLLMAN In 1906, an elderly Native American named Buffalo Bird Woman related the story of her childhood during the mid-19th Century to a visiting anthropologist. More than 100 years later, author and illustrator S.D. Nelson has transformed her efforts to immortalize the traditions of her people into a picture book for children […]
Tags: 19th Century·Andrea Zollman·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Great Plains·Hidatsa·History·Illustration·Native American·Native Peoples·Nonfiction·Older Elementary·S.D. Nelson
The Dark
June 9th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By ANDREA ZOLLMAN When I was a kid, I refused to go to bed at night without my trusty night light. For years, I thought I was the only child who feared the dark because I never read any children’s books that featured it as a theme or that didn’t make children ashamed of their […]
Tags: Andrea Zollman·Fear·Humor·Jon Klassen·Lemony Snicket·Overcoming Fear·Picture Books·Preschoolers