The Brain Lair

Today is THIRSTday: a beverage and a book. Starters by Lissa Price and Kuerig's Tully's French Roast. Reviewing for 8th Grade bo...

Check out Teach.Mentor.Texts  to see what other teachers and librarians have read these past weeks. In the Past It's been a MONTH s...

Batty About Books Insignia by SJ Kincaid After a short break Maria and I are back tackling Insignia by SJ Kincaid.  Maria's res...

1 Book 1 School Battle of the Book I know, I know. The blog has been strangely quiet! I did my FIRST presentation (outside of my schoo...

Berk, Sheryl and Carrie. Recipe for Trouble (Cupcake Club, 2). Sourcebooks, 2012. 192p. $6.99.  978-1402264528. REVIEWED BY MGANNI...

Here we are for Part 2! Batty About Books reads Insignia  by SJ Kincaid (Katherine Tegen Books, 2012. 464p. $17.99. 978006209...

Stop by Teach.Mentor.Texts to find out what other kidlit bloggers are reading! In the Past Devoured the 4th, and unfortunately fina...

Gabrielle Zevin writes for adults and young adults. Three of the four books we have in our school library feature a science fiction elemen...

Welcome to the latest installment of  Batty About Books!  For the next 4 weeks  we will tackle Insignia by SJ Kincaid (Ka...

Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. A Thunderous Whisper . Knopf/Random House Children's Books, 2012. 304p.  $16.99. 978-0-375-86929-7. Histor...