New Authors in 2011.
The Class of 2K11 is a web site with a blog, activities, and book giveaways from some authors whose first books come out this year. Visit their site to learn about them, and also to learn about BookFeast, their book giveaway. The first set of books have already been awarded, but they will also have a drawing on August 31st and December 30th. Visit their BookFeast site for all the details.
I recently finished Sophie Simon Solves Them All by Lisa Graff and it was great fun. Sophie is in third grade, is quite smart, and loves to read big, heavy books on difficult topics (like calculus). Her parents are quite a pair. They worry that she has no friends and call her names that escalate from “sugarplum” and “graham cracker” to “our little pudding pop” and “my darling lettuce wedge.” They want only the best for her. Three students in her class each have a problem, and Sophie may have the solutions. Readers will love how Sophie combines the problems and has an interesting resolution for each. This is an early chapter book with a couple of illustrations per chapter. It’s great to see it is not bad to be smart.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
