Author: Bianca Schulze

Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

OK Go is a visual feast. Berger’s signature style of cut paper collages has been masterfully put together to deliver a hopeful message about slowing down to take care of our Earth.

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Gallop! and Swing!, NY Times bestsellers, are two very special books created by the very talented Rufus Butler Seder. These are two books that sell themselves based on the sheer amusement they provide to anyone that lays an eye on them. They walk themselves right off the check-out counter (which is where they are always strategically placed for an easy hand-sell) and straight into shopping bags (hopefully the recyclable type).

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Scat by Carl Hiaasen Reading level: Ages 10 and up Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (January 27, 2009) Six pages in and I was hooked on this contemporary new novel by the highly acclaimed author Carl Hiaasen. This book is full of snappy one-liners and fun references to Hiaasen’s hometown, Florida. Scat deals with so many ‘real’ aspects of today’s young teens — Nick, one of the leading characters, is dealing with his father being in the Army Reserve. The book also deals with age-old teen elements, such as: friends, fitting in, a hint of young…

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… The 2008 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored* by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush, will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2008, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 3rd and 7th streets from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public. … I have lived in Washington, DC, for three years, and yet again, I will be missing this great festival – so sad! There is an amazing list of authors who are being hosted, including the following children’s authors: CHILDREN Sponsored* by AT&T Tiki…

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