Okay, so it's not February any more ... but I simply must spend a few moments featuring the awesome work of some students using our February Book of the Month, Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl in the classroom! Recently, we introduced you to teacher Adrien Alsobrook, who used Beautiful Creatures in her... Continue Reading →
Beautiful Creatures in the classroom: Students’ Work!
Okay, so it's not February any more ... but I simply must spend a few moments featuring the awesome work of some students using our February Book of the Month, Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl in the classroom! Recently, we introduced you to teacher Adrien Alsobrook, who used Beautiful Creatures in her... Continue Reading →
The Lonely Hearts Club March 2010 Desktop Wallpaper
Today, we're kicking off our March 2010 Book of the Month - The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg. And to start things off, we present to you a Lonely Hearts Club desktop wallpaper calendar for the month of March! Just click to view full-size, then right-click to save: Click HERE to find all our... Continue Reading →
The Lonely Hearts Club March 2010 Desktop Wallpaper
Today, we're kicking off our March 2010 Book of the Month - The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg. And to start things off, we present to you a Lonely Hearts Club desktop wallpaper calendar for the month of March! Just click to view full-size, then right-click to save: Click HERE to find all our... Continue Reading →
Enter Jabberwocky: The Sense of Nonsense Poetry
In case you weren't aware of this, Lewis Carroll's original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland had a sequel called Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. These days, the two tales are usually combined into one book and called, more simply, Alice in Wonderland. At any rate, it's in volume two of this fantastical tale... Continue Reading →
New releases in Young Adult lit: March 1, 2010
Here's what's new today in YA lit: Merlin's Harp by Anne Eliot Crompton Among the towering trees of magical Avalon, where humans dare not tread, lives Niviene, daughter of the Lady of the Lake. Her people, the Fey, are folk of the wood and avoid the violence and greed of man. But the strife of... Continue Reading →
Book review: Anastasia’s Secret by Susanne Dunlap
Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap Available March 2 Synopsis: The youngest grand duchess in the Russian imperial family comes of age during the revolution. Her family is imprisoned, conditions become worse and worse. But Anastasia has a secret that she keeps from her family, a love that endures through the horrors of war and the... Continue Reading →
Book review: Anastasia’s Secret by Susanne Dunlap
Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap Available March 2 Synopsis: The youngest grand duchess in the Russian imperial family comes of age during the revolution. Her family is imprisoned, conditions become worse and worse. But Anastasia has a secret that she keeps from her family, a love that endures through the horrors of war and the... Continue Reading →
Diary of a Struggling Writer – Query Letter
Some of you may know that I have been working on a YA novel for some time now. My novel, Sublime, now stands complete, and I am querying agents in order to seek representation. I am one of many, and I know the road to getting published won't be easy. But I have always been... Continue Reading →
This week’s NYT best sellers
Is Lauren Conrad still No. 1 on The New York Times best sellers list? Yep. See who else made the cut: CHAPTER BOOKS This Week  Weeks on List 1 SWEET LITTLE LIES, by Lauren Conrad. (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99.) The heroines of "L.A. Candy" in a new Hollywood story. (Ages 14 and up) 3 2 PERCY JACKSON AND... Continue Reading →
