Amy on Literacy

Gary Paulsen, the three-time Newbery Honor book author, takes his readers on the adventure of their life!  David Alspeth, a fourteen-year ...

Clairce Bean Guess Who's Babysitting was written for children in grades 1 - 4 (Candlewick Press, 2001).  I read this book to students i...

The Tiger and the Rabbit, by Pura Belpre, is a collection of 18 folktales from the Island of Puerto Rico.  The Tiger and the Rabbit was fir...

I read this book back in high school, but reading it again in my later years (under much less stress) was a little more insightful.  Followi...

Patricia Cornwell, a well-know author of many adult literature detective books, writes Life's Little Fable for children.  Just with a gl...

Cynthia Rylant does it again with her book Miss Maggie.  Miss Maggie is an old lady living in an old log house close to the property of Nat...

Lauren Child, the author, illustrator, and creator of Charlie and Lola, has found a way to children's heart by opening up to the way chi...