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cover of the book The Line Tender by Kate Allen

“But if you could tell science like a story, I’d pay attention.”

The Line Tender by Kate Allen

February 12, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Lucy’s mother was a marine biologist who was particularly interested in sharks. People told her mother that this enthusiasm would get her killed, but it was a brain aneurysm that ended up taking her life. Lucy was seven when that happened, and while she still finds herself occasionally swept up in bouts of grief, she and her father are getting by. Friends and neighbors help a lot. Fred from across the street is her best friend, though now at 13 years old, she is beginning […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: A death in the family, All the feels, Children's, children's book, children's lit, first love, friendship, grief, healing, kate allen, marine biology, Massachusetts, middle grade, middle school, sharks

cosbrarian's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: A death in the family, All the feels, Children's, children's book, children's lit, first love, friendship, grief, healing, kate allen, marine biology, Massachusetts, middle grade, middle school, sharks ·
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Cover of the book I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day

Stories from the 1% (no not THAT one)

I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day

February 11, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Recently I was lucky to present at our state comic con on Teen Girls in Space, and one of the focuses of my panel contributions was diversity in pop culture. I got to really dig into the still terrible statistics of representation in literature and media, and while it was nice to see the numbers getting better, all in all it is a “long way to go” situation – unsurprising to any Pajiban and Cannonballer, I am sure. Of the many major bummers, one super-major […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: American Indian, children's book, children's lit, christine day, contemporary fiction, duwamish nation, middle grade, Multigenerational, Native American, suquamish nation

cosbrarian's CBR12 Review No:4 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: American Indian, children's book, children's lit, christine day, contemporary fiction, duwamish nation, middle grade, Multigenerational, Native American, suquamish nation ·
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book cover for the Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

And a road trip to finish the Bingo Board!

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

October 21, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo – Travel! Coyote Sunrise and her father Rodeo live an unconventional lifestyle. Tried and true hippies, they drive round the country as the wind takes them on a repurposed school bus which acts as both home and transport. Sometimes they drive toward their favorite sandwich shop in the Bayou, or maybe they’re assisting a fellow traveler they found stranded. It’s been this way for five years – because five years ago, Coyote’s mother and sisters were killed in a car accident. And leaving home […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Children's Books, children's lit, Dan Gemeinhart, grief, middle grade, middle school, Realistic fiction, road trip, tween books, tweens

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:68 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: cbr11bingo, Children's Books, children's lit, Dan Gemeinhart, grief, middle grade, middle school, Realistic fiction, road trip, tween books, tweens ·
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I don’t enjoy being a hater, but I wish this book had remained a secret

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

October 13, 2019 by KimMiE" 9 Comments

CBR11bingo: Listicle (Goodread’s Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once) The introductory blurb to The Secret Garden on Amazon reads, “Opening the door into the innermost places of the heart, The Secret Garden is a timeless classic that has left generations of readers with warm, lifelong memories of its magical charms.” I must be a much more cold-hearted bastard than anyone ever suspected and am likely to be doomed to the same circle of Hell as people who didn’t cry at the opening sequence of Up, because […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, children's lit, classics, frances hodgson burnett, KimMiE"

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:46 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, children's lit, classics, frances hodgson burnett, KimMiE" ·
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A mythical world to inform on a real world problem

Aquicorn Cove by Katie O'Neill

September 11, 2019 by cosbrarian 1 Comment

CBR11bingo – Science! Lana and her father used to live by the sea with her mother and Aunt Mae. But when Lana’s mother died, her father couldn’t bear to be near the place she loved most, so they moved into the city. After some time grieving, he brings Lana to visit Mae and the little fishing village they used to inhabit.  Lana is ecstatic to be back, even though the nature of their visit is also a big somber: they are helping the town recover […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Children's Books, children's lit, Coral Reefs, ecology, Graphic Novel, Katie O'Neill, kid lit

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:62 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: cbr11bingo, Children's Books, children's lit, Coral Reefs, ecology, Graphic Novel, Katie O'Neill, kid lit ·
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Civilization sucks

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

September 8, 2019 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR11bingo: Youths! Julie of the Wolves is the story of a 13-year-old Eskimo girl in Alaska named Miyax who is torn between the “old ways” of the traditional Eskimo people and the new ways that are taking hold of the larger communities in Alaska. When the novel opens, Miyax is lost on Alaska’s North Slope, having run away from home. Hungry and desperate, she attempts to communicate with a wolf pack, ingratiating herself to them until they accept her as one of their own. The […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: animal behavior, cbr11bingo, children's lit, Indigenous Peoples, KimMiE", naturalist, wolves, Youths!

KimMiE"'s CBR11 Review No:40 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: animal behavior, cbr11bingo, children's lit, Indigenous Peoples, KimMiE", naturalist, wolves, Youths! ·
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