Archive for the ‘Conceptual: 8 and up’ Category
Thursday, July 6th, 2006
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| Author: | Jerry Spinelli |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 8 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | fiction |
| Year of publication: | 1990 |
Modern day tall tale, beautifully written by Jerry Spinelli, whose Stargirl we also loved.
Maniac's athletic gifts and personal fortitude give him entree behind the window curtains of many homes in his small Pennsylvania town, where he is privileged to share meals and experiences with old and young, black and white, humans and zoo animals. Maniac re-pays the kindness of strangers by helping to bridge, although not heal, the town's racial divide. |
Winner, 1991 Newbery Medal |
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Posted in Baseball, Conceptual: 8 and up, Culture, Dealing with bullies, Death is a central theme, Dickensian, Fairy tales, Fiction, Gifted, Reading level: age 8 and up, Sports | Comments Closed
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
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| Author: | John D. Fitzgerald |
| Illustrator: | Mercer Mayer |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 8 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | biographical |
| Year of publication: | 1969 |
Second volume in the first person series of one of three Catholic brothers growing up in turn of the century Mormon Utah.
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We were amazed at the similarities and differences between then and now. My 9 year old loved this collection of stories at least as much as she loved the first installment. |
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Posted in Biography, Conceptual: 8 and up, Culture, Dealing with bullies, Death is a central theme, Fiction, Gifted, History, Reading level: age 8 and up | Comments Closed
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
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| Author: | Patricia C. Wrede |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 8 and up |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | fiction, magic |
| Year of publication: | 1991 |
My daughter says, "I really, really like the way the characters use magic in the world the author has built." |
"Not as good as the Dealing With Dragons books," says my 9-year old. "But I love all the long words the author uses." (We read the first few chapters with the Oxford English Dictionary open on our laps, magnifying glass poised in our hands.) The plot in this one is just a little too complicated for anyone to follow. But we are already searching for a copy of the sequel. In fact, dd is determined to work her way through every book Wrede has ever written |
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Posted in Conceptual: 8 and up, Dickensian, Female protagonist, Fiction, Reading level: age 8 and up, Science Fiction | Comments Closed
Monday, June 5th, 2006
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| Author: | Michael Chabon |
| Reading Level (Conceptual): | Children 5 and under |
| Reading Level (Vocabulary): | Children 8 and up |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Year of publication: | 2002 |
Very long tribute to the magical powers of baseball to heal divisions between people and damage to the Earth. Intense enough so that my daughter who is not exceptionally interested in baseball kept having to check back with me to reassure herself that the story really would end in a satisfactory way (happily, that is). It also kept her intensely interested, and it gave her a new -- awe for -- the concept of the "Coyote". |
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Posted in Baseball, Conceptual: 8 and up, Dragons and/or mythological beasts, Fiction, Reading level: age 12 and up, Science Fiction, Sports | Comments Closed
