Book Reviews
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- Karina Yan Glaser, 3-5 grade
- family, pets, siblings, elderly neighbors, comfort reads
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- Books
- Kelly Barnhill, 3-7 grade
- family, community, brave orphans,
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- Jason Reynolds, 3-7 grade
- spiderman, teenager, trouble at school, hero
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- middle grade, graphic novel, time travel, strong girl
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- all ages
- fairy tale, adventure story
- All
- 10+
- 10-14
- 12+
- 13+
- 1970s
- 19th Century America
- 2+
- 2-5
- 3-6
- 4+
- 4-8
- 5-8
- 6+
- 6-10
- 6-9
- 7-10
- 7-12
- 7-13
- 8+
- 80s music
- 8-12
- 8-14
- 9+
- 9-12
- action
- Adam Gidwitz
- A Day in the...
- adult
- adventure
- Alexandra Penfold
- all ages
- Allen Kurzweil
- Alvin Schwartz
- American Girl
- American History
- ancient egypt
- animals
- Ann M. Martin
- anthology
- archaeology
- architecture
- art
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- A Tale Dark & Grimm
- autobiography
- baby animals
- back to school
- Barbara Claassen Smucker
- barbarian
- Beck Stanton
- Berkely Breathed
- bicycle
- Big Nate
- Bill Watterson
- Blue Balliett
- Boba Fett
- body image
- books
- brain injury
- Bram Stoker
- Brandon Mull
- Brett Bertholf
- Brett Helquist
- Brian Jacques
- Brian Selznick
- bullies
- Calvin Alexander Ramsey
- Calvin & Hobbes
- cancer
- candy
- Carolyn Keene
- cats
- Celia C. Perez
- changing families
- Charlotte Pomerantz
- Chasing Vermeer
- cheese
- Cherith Baldry
- children's literature
- Chris Riddell
- Christmas
- circus
- civil rights
- Clarice Bean
- clever child
- Clive Bryant
- comic adventures
- community
- construction
- Contemporary
- Cornelius Van Wright
- Cory Doctorow
- Courtney Scheinmel
- creativity
- Cressida Cowell
- crime
- criminals
- Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Dave Eggers
- David Shelton
- Dealing with a Disability
- dealing with anxiety
- dealing with death and/or illness
- DHS
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- discrimination
- divorce
- Doll People
- domestic violence
- Downs Matthews
- dragon
- Dragonbreath
- Dragon Keepers
- Dr. Seuss (Theodor S. Geisel)
- dystopia
- eating disorders
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- education
- Education system
- e. E. Charlton-Trujillo
- Elisabetta Dami
- Elizabeth Hand
- england
- environmental issues
- Eric Carle
- Eric Gansworth
- Erin E. Stead
- Erin Hunter
- essays
- Ezra Jack Keats
- Fablehaven
- fairy tale
- fairy tale, adventure story
- family
- family, community, brave orphans,
- family, pets, siblings, elderly neighbors, comfort reads
- family relationships
- Fangbone
- fantasy
- farm
- Felicia Bond
- feud
- fiction
- first day of school read aloud
- Floyd Cooper
- Food
- Foster care
- France
- friendship
- Gary Allen
- gender identity
- Genius
- Geronimo Stilton
- ghosts
- Goosebumps
- graphic novel/comic book
- Greek mythology
- Gregor
- Grief
- growing up
- Gwen Strauss
- Harry Potter
- heroes
- hibernation
- High schools
- historical fiction
- history
- Holidays
- Holly Goldberg Sloan
- honor
- horror
- How to Train Your Dragon
- humorous
- imagination
- immigration
- independent girl
- insect
- instructional
- James Marshall
- James Offredi
- James Patterson
- Janet Skiles
- Jason Cobley
- Jason Reynolds
- Jason Reynolds, 3-7 grade
- Jazz Jennings
- Jean Craighead George
- Jeanette Winter
- Jean Reagan
- Jeff Kinney
- Jim Crow
- J.K. Rowling
- John Archambault
- John Corey Whaley
- John Green
- Jon Scieszka
- Joseph Bruchac
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Kadir Nelson
- Karen Clarkson
- Kari Luna
- Karina Yan Glaser, 3-5 grade
- Kate Klimo
- Kate Messner
- Katherine (K.A.) Applegate
- Kelly Barnhill, 3-7 grade
- Kevin Henkes
- kitten
- Kyla May
- Labeling
- Laura Godwin
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Lauren Baratz-Logstead
- Lauren Child
- Lee Wildish
- legos
- Lemony Snicket
- letters
- life cycle
- Lincoln Peirce
- Ling-Hwa Hu
- Lisa McMann
- Little House
- local author
- Loss
- Lotus Lane
- magic
- Magic Treehouse
- Marcus Pfister
- Mark Goldblatt
- Martin Luthor King, Jr.
- Mary Casanova
- Mary Pope Osborne
- Matt Faulkner
- Maurice Sendak
- mental illness
- mice
- Michael Rex
- Middle Grade
- middle grade, graphic novel, time travel, strong girl
- middle readers
- middle school
- Miryam
- MIssissippi
- moon
- mud
- music
- mutants
- mysteries
- Mystery
- mythology
- Nancy Drew
- National Geographic
- native americans
- nature
- Neil Gaiman
- New York
- ninjas
- Nonfiction
- non-ficton picture book
- Norse mythology
- Oliver Jeffers
- Origami Yoda
- orphans
- parent resource
- Patricia Polacco
- Paul Acampora
- Peggy Eddleman
- Percy Jackson
- Peter Brown
- Philip C. Stead
- physical limitations
- pickey eater
- picture book
- pigs
- pioneer life
- poetry
- political
- Polly Horvath
- positive social action
- Poverty
- Pseudonymous Bosch
- quest
- read aloud
- reading
- Reading Level: All
- Redwall
- rhymes
- Richard Adams
- Rick Riordan
- R. J. Palacio
- R. L. LaFevers
- R.L. Stine
- Roald Dahl
- Roman mythology
- Sarah De Ford Williams
- scary
- Schools
- science fiction
- science novel
- Scott McCloud
- Scott Westerfeld
- sculpture
- self discovery
- self harm
- Shannon Hale
- sharing
- Shawn Harris
- Sheila Turnage
- Shelagh McNicholas
- short stories
- silly
- Sky Jumpers
- slavery
- soap
- Social issues
- Sophie Blackall
- speculative fiction
- speeches
- spiderman, teenager, trouble at school, hero
- Star Wars
- Star Wars Expanded Universe
- Staz Johnson
- Stella Batts
- Stephen Gammell
- storytelling
- students
- survival skills
- Suzanne Collins
- Suzanne Kaufman
- technology
- teen
- teenage sexuality
- teens
- The Lord of the Rings
- Theodosia Throckmorton
- The Secret Series
- The Sisters 8
- The Unwanteds
- Tim Tingle
- Todd Parr
- Tom Angleberger
- Ton Nick Cocotos
- Track
- train
- travel
- trivia
- trucks
- tsunami
- twins
- Uglies
- Urbanism
- Ursula Vernon
- Utah history
- vampire
- various
- Victoria Holmes
- vignettes
- Warren Elsmore
- warriors
- Weird But True
- western
- William Joyce
- witch
- Witch & Wizard
- woodlands
- writing
- Yeti
- Yoko Tanaka
- Young adult fiction
- zoology