Audience: Middle Grades

  • hattie big sky by kirby larson

    March 28, 2019
    Hattie Big Sky was inspired by the author’s great-grandmother who single-handedly “proved up” on a Montana homestead. Many thanks to…
  • suspect red

    February 3, 2019
    The early 1950s come alive in Suspect Red with each chapter starting with “current” events, news articles, and information about…
  • the luck of the buttons

    January 12, 2019
    The Luck of the Buttons by Anne Ylvisaker is the first book in the Buttons trilogy. Each book focuses on…
  • dave at night

    November 25, 2018
    According to the author Gail Levine, inspiration to write this book came from her father who was an orphan at…
  • riot

    November 25, 2018
    Walter Dean Myers is known for his creative and unique writing styles when it comes to children’s literature. This book…
  • witness

    September 13, 2018
    Witness is a Reader’s Theater written in free verse with 11 distinct voices. The audiobook cast features a different reader…
  • Black Duck|rhode Island State Map|rhode Island Red Chicken|violet Rhode Island State Flower|red Maple Rhode Island State Tree|the Black Duck

    July 8, 2018
    The 18th amendment was the constitutional ban of the sale, manufacture and distribution (but not the consumption) of alcohol, also…
  • the witch of blackbird pond

    June 22, 2018
    The Witch of Blackbird Pond takes place in 1687, well before the idea of the colonies uniting to form one…