Nancy Castaldo
The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival: Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone
Editors' choice
Dene Low, the pen name for author Laura Card, has created a wonderful tale of Victorian fantasy in this first…
Secrets of Greymoor
Secrets of Greymoor is Clara Gillow Clark’s third book about inquisitive Hattie Belle Basket. In this book 11-year-old tomboy Hattie…
The Smile
The Smile is the next title in Donna Jo Napoli’s growing list of young adult novels. Many of her previous…
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
Created by 108 renowned authors and illustrators and the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance, Our White House: Looking In…
The Darkness Under The Water
Beth Kanell has crafted a multi-textured novel dealing with self-discovery, Vermont history, and the Abenaki people. It is the story…
Nobody’s Prize
Readers may be familiar with the legends and myths of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Medea, Hercules, and Helen…
Your Own, Sylvia : A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath
Stephanie Hemphill, a poet in her own right, has fashioned a book of verse worthy of her subject. In chronological…
Ringside, 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial
How many of us remember learning about the Scopes Trail in our social studies class? It was one of the…
The Red Queen’s Daughter
Often a cover initially draws us to a book, but as we all know you “can’t judge a book by…
At Ellis Island: A History In Many Voices
This is a wonderful picture book to add to a collection of immigration tales. Louise Peacock has done a marvelous…
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