As an elementary school librarian, I have been disappointed with many of the recent Newbery Medal winning books, mainly because it seemed like adults were selecting books that they thought young people SHOULD read. Many recent Newbery winning books just sit on our shelves.Therefore, when I added "Holes" to our collection, simply because it had received the medal, I expected to see yet another t…
from the back cover: Alfa bersama delapan teman sekelasnya, yaitu Ismail, Nisa, Nurul, Ilyas, Zaka, Zaid, Asma, dan Nibras, membentuk kelompok. Namanya kelompok Garfield. Nabila, murid baru di kelas mereka bergabung. Yes, dengan kedatangan Nabila, kelompok Garfield jadi bersepuluh! Ke mana-mana mereka selalu bersama. Bahkan, saat ada gosip yang menerjang kelompok mereka pun, semuanya bisa diat…
from the back cover: Nelissa tinggal dan bersekolah di desa. Dia sengaja dititipkan kepada neneknya. Orangtuanya sangat sibuk, sehingga tidak dapat merawat dan memperhatikannya. Nelissa bersahabat dengan Morgan Mourn. Baginya, Morgan sahabat sejati yang selalu menyayangi dan membelanya. Banyak peristiwa menyenangkan dan menyedihkan yang telah dia lewati bersama sahabatnya itu. Hari-harinya ak…
America's favorite baby-sitters come to life in a new graphic novel series! Poor Stacey. She's moved to a new town. She's still coming to terms with her diabetes. She's facing baby-sitting problems left and right. And her parents are no help. Luckily, Stacey has three new, true friends -- Kristy, Claudia, and Mary Anne. Together they're the BSC -- and they will deal with whatever's thrown…
Meet Kristy, Marry Anne, Claudia, and Stacey, best friends and founding members of The Baby-Sitters Club. Whatever comes up, whether it's cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbors, or crank calls. You can count on them to save the day. Baby-sitting isn't easy and neither is dealing with strict parents, new families, fashion emergencies, and mysterious secrets. But no matter what they're up ag…
It’s the worry you hadn’t even thought to worry about that should worry you the most. At least that’s how it looks to Clarice Bean, who has been writing her worries in a notebook — things like Worry no. 1: infinity, or Worry no. 3: change. And now that her worst never-imagined worry has happened — her utterly best friend is moving away forever — Clarice doesn’t even care about her…
Dinosaurs do exist. Especially when they have names like Ziggy, Rico, Rashawn, and Jerome - otherwise known as The Black Dinosaurs. Okay. They're not really dinosaurs; they're just a group of friends who've decided to start their own club. And, since all of the guys thought Rashawn's huge plastic Apatosaurus was cool, they decided to name the club after it. It doesn't take long before the Bla…
Meet Ivy and Bean, two friends who never meant to like each other.