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20+ Diary of a Wimpy Kid Read-Alikes | Reading List
Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is one of the best-loved kids book series and one of the most highly-requested in all of the public and school libraries I’ve worked in. Kids LOVE this series, and they’ll read them over and over again. There are currently 13 books in the series plus four movies, and if your kid hasn’t yet started reading them– they probably will soon. Kids who like Wimpy Kid usually like it because it’s funny, easy to read (large font and illustrations sprinkled throughout), has quirky characters who get into oddball situations, and it’s fast-paced and exciting. *This post contains affiliate links. Read our full…
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2019 Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book | Scifi & Fantasy Finalists
The 2019 Hugo Award nominees were announced earlier this week, as well as the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book! The Hugo Awards are a set of yearly literary awards for the best science fiction or fantasy books and related works (like movies!). The winners are announced each year at a huge convention called Worldcon— this year it’s in Dublin– and the same committee also announces the Lodestar. Confusingly, the Lodestar award itself is not a Hugo award. It’s just the same people who nominate, vote, and announce the winners as the Hugos. Anyway. It’s a new award, just starting last year! Reading books from an awards list is…
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Awesome books for Girl Scouts | Reading List
These books don’t necessarily star characters who are Scouts themselves, but they do match up with the Girl Scout mission of building girls of “courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.” Even if you’re not a Scout (or don’t have Scouts in your family), these books are sure to inspire young readers and get them interested in changing the world for the better. This reading list includes books about scientists, pioneers, sleuths, adventurers, and strong and intelligent women both real and imagined. There are non-fiction books as well as fiction, with even a few graphic novels thrown in the mix! Reading levels range from kindergarten to…
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17+ WWII Books for Kids ages 8-12 | Reading List
This list was inspired by my childhood love of historical fiction. I don’t remember which book kicked it off, but I do remember finding Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself in a free books bin, reading it, and immediately wanting more. World War II is one of the most covered historical eras in children’s literature, so there’s tons of titles to navigate. It’s also one of the major time periods that kids learn about in school, starting somewhere around 5th grade and going more in depth in 8th or 9th. I’ll also occasionally get some students at my library looking for particular historical eras to read books from as part…
