Insta Review: Page by Paige, by Laura Lee Gulledge

February 20, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram This intricate little graphic novel caught my attention at the public library, and I ended up sitting on the floor in the teen section – making actual teens step over me – until I […]

Fitz’s Faves: Kemper’s Review of Holes, by Lois Sachar

February 14, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I gave this book five stars because this book is realistic. It is about a teenager named Stanley Yelnats. His name is spelled backward and forward the same. He goes to Camp Green Lake instead of jail for something he didn’t do. At the end of this book, you’ll be wondering why it is called […]

Insta Review: Each Little Bird that Sings, by Deborah Wiles

February 13, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Another book with a dog on the cover….you know what that means. Comfort's family lives in and operates a small town funeral home. She has attended hundreds of services and thinks that she understands […]

Insta Review: A Corner of the Universe, by Ann M. Martin

February 10, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram You know how an audiobook narrator can make or break a story? Now that I've finished A Corner of the Universe, I'm not sure if I actually liked it, or if the audiobook narrator […]

Five Star Review

February 9, 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

Social media might be a popular way to unplug and waste time, but if you know where to look, it’s filled with nerds and educators sharing ideas and swapping favorite titles. My favorite social media platform, Instagram, delivers a feed full of colorful book covers and succinct reviews right to my fingertips. What is library […]

Fitz’s Faves: Carter and Willow’s review of Wonder, by RJ Palacio

February 6, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This student book review was written, coded, and recorded by Carter and Willow, two St. Anne’s-Belfield School students. Carter and Willow are in the fourth grade.

Insta Review: Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

February 1, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram You know the saying, Go Big or Go Home? Author Jewell Parker Rhodes decided to do both. Deja’s new "home” is Avalon, a homeless shelter in New York City, with her mother, father, and […]

Fitz’s Faves: Caroline’s review of The 100 Dresses, by Eleanor Estes

January 30, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

I gave this book five stars because this book is a book that when you finish it, you wish it took longer to read. I have read this book four times but I always love the great lesson in it of if you don’t appreciate your friends, you might not see them again so never […]

Insta Review: Bluefish, by Pat Schmatz

January 26, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Kindness. It's at the root of everything. The kindness of family, of teachers, of literature, of friends. The unexpected kindnesses that find you at rock bottom and help you to stand back up. Books […]

Insta Review: Paper Wishes, by Lois Sepahban

January 24, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Paper Wishes tells a powerful story in sparse, haunting style. After the 1942 attack on Pearl Harbor, Manami and her family are suddenly forced from their home on Bainbridge Island to a Japanese prison […]