Entries Tagged as 'Bullying'

I Am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change the World)

October 26th, 2015 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI I’ve been interested in Brad Meltzer’s Ordinary People Change the World series since hearing about them on a local morning radio talk show. (Here’s a link; skip to the 5:47 mark.) Meltzer’s book series attempts to humanize American heroes to make them relatable and interesting to children. So I was happy […]

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Just Being Audrey

October 22nd, 2014 · No Comments · Books

Review By JANE COWLES With the title of her book Just Being Audrey, Margaret Cardillo captures the down-to-earth character of the world renowned actress about which she writes. Perhaps this line captures the essence of Cardillo’s picture book biography: “Audrey’s life was not always a fairy tale, but she chose hope over sorrow.” As a child, Audrey […]

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

August 23rd, 2014 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By KRISTIN WALD What more can be said about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone? The obsessively beloved first book of the seven book series has been dissected and read and re-read since it first burst onto the Young Adult literary scene. For families raising their children with vegetarian and vegan values, how do […]

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Freda Stops a Bully & Happy, Healthy Ajay

July 21st, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By KRISTIN WALD Sometimes, with all the news articles and blog posts and television shows dealing with problems our kids have, we forget how to look at the issues from a child’s perspective. We forget that these “adult” problems are actually kids’ problems. This series of books from Stuart J. Murphy, called “I See I […]

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