By KidBookFeatureBlogger on
6/27/2010 5:40 PM
 Rick Riordan released his new series, The Kane Chronicles last month with The Red Pyramid. Our family has really enjoyed reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series; so we were excited to find out about the latest release. We will follow up with a review after we have read the book, but for now, here is the information from the publisher.
From the Publisher
Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled...
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By KidBookFeatureBlogger on
6/1/2010 1:46 AM
 The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman was my son’s favorite 2009/2020 Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee. He voted for The Gollywhopper Games as his favorite book on the Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee list. Since we are in Texas, my kids get to vote for their favorite book from the nominees.
The Texas Bluebonnet Award reading program was started to encourage Texas children to read more books, and explore a variety of different books. In order to vote, the kids have to read at least...
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By KidBookFeatureBlogger on
5/13/2009 4:47 PM
 The Last Olympian (#5 Percy Jackson & The Olympians) by Rick Riordan was released on May 5, 2009. Kids have been waiting with anticipation for the final book in the Percy Jackson series. Several kids that have finished the book told me they loved it and were happy with the ending of the series. Now, they are looking forward to these books coming to life on the big screen with The Lightning Thief movie planned for release in February 2010.
Unfortunately, I have just started reading The Lightning Thief to my daughter, so a follow...
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By KidBookFeatureBlogger on
4/7/2009 8:09 AM
 This third book in the Allie Finkle series was recently released (March 2009).
Allie Finkle is excited when a new girl, who comes all the way from Canada, joins her class at Pine Heights Elementary. Now Allie won’t be the new girl anymore!
But her excitement turns to dismay when the new girl, Cheyenne, starts telling everyone in the fourth grade what to do! Soon Cheyenne has everyone, including Allie’s best friends, Caroline, Sophie, and Erica, believing that if they don’t do...
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By KidBookFeatureBlogger on
3/2/2009 1:41 PM
 The winner of the Bluebonnet is guaranteed to please. These books are voted on by kids. They kids must read at least 5 of the nominees in order to vote for their favorite book. My kids love participating in this and try to read all of the books that have been nominated. We have never been disappointed with a Bluebonnet award winner.
One Potato, Two Potato is targeted at Kindergarten through third grade. Cynthia DeFelice gives an old Chinese folktale an Irish twist. Mr. and Mrs. O'Grady are so poor that they have only one of everything, and the little they have is raggedy at that. With only one potato to share for...
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By KidBookFeatureBlogger on
1/26/2009 6:18 PM
 The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level.
Let’s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other “manly” endeavors. Of course, Greg is able to easily sidestep his father’s efforts to change him. But when Greg’s dad threatens to send him to military academy, Greg realizes he has to shape up...or get shipped out.
Greg...
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By KidBookFeatureBlogger on
12/30/2008 12:13 AM
 MADISON IS NOT your average 12-year-old girl from Michigan in 1980. She doesn’t use lipgloss, but she loves to play sports, and joins baseball for the summer—the first girl in Southern Michigan to play on a boys’ team. The press call her a star and a trailblazer, but Madison just wants to play ball. Who knew it would be so much pressure? Crowds flock to the games. Her team will win the championship—if she can keep up her pitching streak. Meanwhile, she’s got a crush on a fellow player, her best friend abandons her for the popular girls, the “O” on her Hinton’s uniform forms a bulls-eye over her left breast, and the boy she punched...
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