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FAMED ROMAN ORATOR CICERO ONCE NOTED that friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. Still, adults frequently underestimate the importance of friend groups in tween lives. As an educator, [...]

* KOLBERT, Elizabeth. The Sixth Extinction (Young Readers Adaptation): An Unnatural History. 224p. Macmillan/Godwin. Feb. 2024. Tr $24.99. ISBN 9781250793423. Gr 3-7--'We are living through a revolution on every face [...]

COCCIA, Paul. Leon Levels Up. 112p. (Orca Currents). Orca. Feb. 2024. pap. $10.95. ISBN 9781459837355. Gr 4-7--Virtual-reality gaming and video games are popular across the board with tweens and teens, [...]

CHAN, Marty. Cosplay Crime. 112p. (Orca Currents). Orca. Feb. 2024. pap. $10.95. ISBN 9781459837430. Gr 4-7--Cosplay is more than just dressing up in costumes--it is a celebration of fandom, uniqueness, [...]

STEELE, Michael Anthony. Feed the Beast. illus. by Mike Laughead. 72p. (Open World Squad). Capstone/Stone Arch. Jan. 2024. Tr $25.99. ISBN 9781669031703. Gr 4-6--Four 13-year-old friends team up in Open [...]

VAN OTTERLOO, Ash. The Beautiful Something Else. 288p. Scholastic. May 2023. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781338843224. Gr 3-7-An empowering identity story about standing your ground and not being afraid to speak [...]

* WEISS-TUIDER, Katharina. Mission: Arctic: A Scientific Adventure to a Changing North Pole. tr. by Shelley Tanaka, illus. by Christian Schneider. 128p. Greystone. May 2023. Tr $22.95. ISBN 9781771649568. Gr [...]

* PULLER, J.S. The Lost Things Club. 304p. Little, Brown. Aug. 2021. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780759556133. Gr 3-7-In the aftermath of a school shooting that killed an elementary student, TJ, [...]

COMRIE, Courtne. Rain Rising. 336p. HarperCollins. Sept. 2022. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780063159730. Gr 3-7--Art truly has the power to save lives. Whether it is through poetry, writing, or step dancing, [...]

BRADEN, Ann. Opinions and Opossums. 176p. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen. May 2023. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781984816092. Gr 3-7--Adolescence is typically a time of questioning authority and traditional beliefs. Twelve-year-old Agnes never had [...]

* NAYERI, Dina. The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found. photos by Anna Bosch Miralpeix. 64p. Candlewick. May 2022. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9781536213621. [...]

HEIDICKER, Christian McKay. Scary Stories for Young Foxes; The City. illus. by Junyi Wu. 400p. Holt. Aug. 2021. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781250181442. Gr 4 Up--Heidicker, a Newbery Honor recipient, continues [...]

* STEVENSON, Robin. Kid Trailblazers: True Tales of Childhood from Changemakers and Leaders. illus. by Allison Steinfeld. 224p. Quirk. Aug. 2022. Tr $14.99. ISBN 9781683693017. Gr 3-7--The future desperately needs [...]

BAKEWELL, Catherine. We Are the Song. 304p. Holiday House. May 2022. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9780823448890. Gr 3-7--Music has an otherworldly power. What if there was an ethereal place where music [...]

MACY, Sue. Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm, illus. by Matt Collins. 40p. chron. further reading, notes, websites. Holiday House. [...]

TAYLOR, Whit. Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom, illus. by Kazimir Lee. 112p. Little, Brown. Jun. 2021. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9780759555501. Gr 6 Up--Taylor and Lee tell the story of Harriet Tubman, [...]

ARDEN, Katherine. Dark Waters. 256p. (Small Spaces: Bk. 3). Putnam. Aug. 2021. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780593109151. Gr 4 Up-Arden's series features compelling folklore from the state of Vermont. Friends Ollie, [...]

LACHLAN, Jeremy. Jane Doe and the Key of All Souls. 368p. (Jane Doe Chronicles). Carolrhoda. May 2021. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781541539228. Gr 3-7--Lachlan's fantasy sequel to Jane Doe and the [...]

HARNESS, Cheryl. Hillary Clinton: American Woman of the World. 192p. (A Real-Life Story), bibliog. chron. further reading, glossary, index, notes, photos, websites. S. & S./Aladdin. Jul. 2016. Tr $17.99. ISBN [...]

BEARCE, Amy. Rome Reframed. 256p. (Wish & Wander: Bk. 2). Jolly Fish Pr. Feb. 2021. pap. $11.99. ISBN 9781631635168. Gr 5 Up--At first glance, Lucas seems like an entitled spoiled [...]

* GUERRERO, Diane with Erica Moroz. My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope. 256p. photos. Holt. Jul. 2018. Tr$18.99. ISBN 9781250134868. Gr 6-8--An adapted version of [...]

http://tinyurl.com/y6waw8l2 Kids Books for a Better World, a closed group with over 4,000 members, was started on 16 November 2016 in Maplewood NJ by Elizabeth Froehlich Zenobi 'as a small [...]

Educaplay is a free gamifying website which allows you to create a range of multi-media online teaching and learning activities. Having in the dim and distant past made use of [...]

CALABRESE, Keith. A Drop of Hope. 320p. Scholastic. Feb. 2019. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781338233209.Gr 4-6--A wishing well and an attic full of junk serve as the catalysts for a town [...]

GRANT, Vicki. 36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You. 288p. Running Pr. Teen. Oct. 2017. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780762463183. Gr 9 Up--What do you do when you need money [...]

CROWLEY, James. Monsterland. 384p. Putnam. Aug. 2017. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9780399175893. Gr 4-6--Charlie Cooper is a troubled daydreamer who misses his cousin, Billy, who disappeared six months ago. For Charlie, [...]

MENDOZA, Sylvia. Sonia Sotomayor: A Biography. 112p, ebook available. Zest. Apr. 2017. Tr $10.99. ISBN 9781942186090. Gr 4-7-Mendoza has written a pocket-size biography highlighting Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's resilience [...]

GODBERSEN, Anna. When We Caught Fire. 384p. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. Oct. 2018. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9780062679840. POP Gr 8 Up--The author of the 'Luxe' and 'Bright Young Things' series relates a lush [...]

DIGGS, Barbara. The Vietnam War. illus. by Samuel Carbaugh. 128p. (Inquire & Investigate), chron. further reading, glossary. maps, notes, photos, reprods. websites. Nomad. May 2018. pap. $17.95. ISBN 9781619306608; Tr [...]

KRULL, Kathleen. Frenemies in the Family: Famous Brothers and Sisters Who Butted Heads and Had Each Other's Backs, illus. by Maple Lam. 240p. bibliog. index. Random. Mar. 2018. Tr $17.99. [...]

WALLER, Jae. The Call of the Rift: Flight. 470p. chron. glossary. ECW. Apr. 2018. Tr $16.95. ISBN 9781770413542. Gr 9 Up--First in a fantasy series set among the First Nations [...]

http://tinyurl.com/yasvh2my Primary School Librarians is a closed group for EYS/KS1 and KS2/KS3 librarians or indeed anyone involved running a school library to share ideas, ask questions and most importantly be [...]

http://tinyurl.com/yahtto4u Reading for Pleasure in Schools, currently with over 2,000 members, aims to offer 'Ideas, thoughts and discussion on how to develop genuine Reading for Pleasure cultures in schools.' It [...]

Many of us may well bemoan the fact that we find ourselves time wasting and living 'virtual' lives with the increased prevalence of online forums and social media in our [...]

ORCHARD, Eric. Bera the One-Headed Troll, illus. by Eric Orchard. 126p. First Second. Aug. 2016. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781626721067. Gr 4-8--Content to harvest pumpkins with her owl sidekick, Winslowe, Bera [...]