23 Books {A Bottomless Book Bag}

Gabby, a twelve year old, has become a superstar babysitter.  The rich and the famous even fly her to her babysitting appointments becaus...

Castle Hangnail needs a magical person to rule the castle and the minions or servants are getting desperate.  The board of magic is tel...

We welcomed Mary Casanova to our school a few weeks ago.  She is a Minnesota author from Northern Minnesota on Rainy...

Appleblossom is a possum from the first litter of possums by a mama possum.  The first litter have names that start with "A" ...

Miles is famous for being a prankster in his previous school. In his new school he wants to establish the same reputation but discovers th...

Twelve year old Sophie has moved from LA with her parents to a farm in Northern California that her family have inherited from a great ...

This book is part historical fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror.  It covers many bases!   It is 1899 and Serafina lives in the...

I abandoned My Near-Death Aventures (99%) True by Alison DeCamp. I started twice and just couldn't connect and figure it out.  I di...

I stumbled upon this book from a tweet from Education Minnesota.  Michael Linsin is a teacher who has experience teaching "special...

I was walking past the Everybody shelves this morning and this book was on display.  It looked interesting and I hadn't read it.  So ...

This book surprised me.  I thought it would be for a younger reader. The pages had a lot of white space, it was illustrated and the read...

13 year old Arthur throws a brick at a junk man in his neighborhood.  Fortunately, he misses and the old man ends up with a broken arm.  ...

This is the 2016 Caldecott book this year.  I love it! The author also deserves an award as well. The writing is wonderful. The author...

This is the type of book many of my students are looking for.  It is funny, a chapter book, and yet it still has pictures.  It is a wack...

This is a historical fiction book set in the 1960's in East Berlin, Germany. 12 year old Gerta is the main character. Her father has...

The reading list for books to consider for the 2017-2018 Maud Hart Lovelace list isn't too long yet, but it still can seem lengthy wh...

Carson is a 7th grader in Minnow, North Dakota (AKA Minot, ND). He is bored with the day to day happenings in his life and so his ho...

                                                           This is the Korean paperback version This Louis Sachar book is not like his...

   The summer before 5th grade, Sawyer Bronson's body begins to change into some of the features of a stegosaurus dinosaur. It turns...

What an unusual book and an I can't put it down read!  Pat and Coop are brothers to brilliant science parents. Coop is an unusual chi...