Category Archives: Art

Bonus: Great Gifts for All

The CYA Podcast presents…Great Gifts for All! Emily Children’s Noisy Nora and Morris’ Disappearing Bag by Rosemary Wells The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah C. Campbell The Stinky Chese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by [...]

Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire & Its Legacy

Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin (Random House website) Roll call question from Rummanah Aasi: What are your reading pet peeves? Topic: “Non-white heroes the kiss of death in the marketplace,” by Gerritson, Tess. Murderati. 2011, May, 17. Recommendations Cathie Sue To Twinkle: Lola & the Boy [...]

Cloaked

Cloaked by Alex Flinn (author website) Resources Elves and the Shoemaker The Frog Prince The Six Swans The Golden Bird The Valiant Little Tailor The Salad The Fisherman and His Wife Grimm Stories has some of the tales here Read Alikes Modern Witches Guide to Cooking with Children by Keith McGowan, grades 5 – 8 [...]

Grimm Legacy & Leverage

Polly Shulman (author website) Joshua C. Cohen (book website) Roll Call Question What author would you most  like to meet? Extended Leverage Resources When She Hollers by Cynthia Voight Brick (movie, Wikipedia entry, currently Netflix Instant) Recommendations Cathie Sue Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward Jenny Hint [...]