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“Everybody is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing it is stupid.” Fish in a Tree, is a new chapter book by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. It focuses on a smart girl named Ally who struggles with dyslexia and often … Continue reading Chris Barton talks with Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Keep Austin Weird is a familiar and apropos motto here in Austin. In BookKids, we even have a weird picture book section. Books get shelved in weird if they are just a little off beat for some reason. It could be the artwork, story, format, or the general "feel" of the book that gets it … Continue reading Keep Austin Reading Weird 2015
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring you YA news from around the globe and highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corps! Meet Author Richelle Mead this Sunday! Bestselling Young Adult author RICHELLE MEAD speaking & signing The Ruby Circle: A Bloodlines Novel on Sunday, February 22 at 2PM Mega bestselling YA … Continue reading Teen Thursday – 2/19/15
At BookPeople, we are often matchmakers between readers and books. We absolutely love this part of our job. In fact, everyone at the store likes doing this so much, that we are setting up readers on blind dates with books for Valentine's Day! All you have to do is tell us a little bit about … Continue reading Sweet books for our sweeties
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring you YA news from around the globe and highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corps! February Buzz Book - Red Queen Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard __________________________________________________ ABOUT THE BOOK: Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard's sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a … Continue reading Teen Thursday – 2/12/15
In case you haven't heard, tomorrow is a big day for football. But there is another really big day early in the morning on Monday, February 2. No one will be spiking the ball, evaluating multi-million dollar commercials, or lip syncing at halftime. Nope, the question Monday morning will be "what will win?" as children's … Continue reading The Super Bowl of Children’s Literature, 2/2/14
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring you YA news from around the globe and highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corps! After a three month hiatus, Teen Thursday is back! We have so much news to bring you that this is a special edition. Teen Press Corps New Year Reading Resolutions … Continue reading Teen Thursday – 1/29/15
I'm not really sure where or when my love of reading began, but I know it's a love that I was very fortunate to have encouraged and enabled by the adults in my life. I was raised by parents who read for themselves and also read aloud to my brother and me. Books were - … Continue reading You’re never too old to be read to
~post by Meghan G. Last year around this time I wrote a post about reading to my son during his first 16 months, discussing what books had served us well and what I had noticed about his reading preferences along the way. Now he's two and a half, has a brand-new younger brother, and has … Continue reading Reading with Nikhil: Recommended Books for Kids Aged 1 1/2 – 2 1/2
Holly Black has triumphantly returned to the fairy world! After successful and highly varied outings from magic to vampires to an award-winning creepy ghost story, Black has returned to her fairy roots. Black's books always lean to the darker side of magic, fantasy, and folktale and her new book is the same, as if the … Continue reading The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black – preorder today!
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