Historical Fiction Author Interview: Meet Donna McDine

Donna McDine visits the Family Bookshelf to talk about her award-winning book The Golden Pathway, writing for kids, and book marketing and review. Continue reading

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The American Revolution, Spies, and Teaching Moments: Spring Break 2012

Welcome Lullalee subscribers, and fans and friends of Lee Ann Butler-Owens! That’s me as Flat Stanley … always ready for adventure and learning. Several weeks ago I promised my readers that I’d recap our Spring Break trip to Virginia’s Historic … Continue reading

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Picture Books to Young Adult:

Welcome to the March edition of Bookmarks, our monthly shortlist of mini book reviews. We have had a TON of picture book reviews come in from families. I am still uploading the cache to the Reading Tub website, but you … Continue reading

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Readers Rejoice: CYBILS Winners Announced

Happy Valentine’s Day … okay. Now that the formality is out of the way, let’s party … CYBILS style!! This morning over on the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards (CYBILs) Website, Anne announced the 2011-2012 winners. Two rounds … Continue reading

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Reading Tub Bookmarks (Picture Book to Young Adult)

As we ease back into the “new normal” here in the Reading Tub, we are tweaking some of our processes. One of the biggest is to do away with our long monthly lists of books we’ve read. Instead, we’re going … Continue reading

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