Title: EVERY DAY Author: David Levithan Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Release Date: August 28, 2012 Number of Pages: 336 Source of Book: ARC from NetGalley & publisher at ALA Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who… Read More
New Look for Heise Reads & Recommends!
With starting a new job this year and having a new attitude and outlook for my blog, I was ready for a redesign. As much as I loved the old look, I was ready for a more simple and sophisticated design. So, of course, I went back to Lori from Imagination Designs because I knew from the last time that… Read More
THE WAITING SKY by Lara Zielin
Title: THE WAITING SKY Author: Lara Zielin Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Release Date: August 2, 2012 Number of Pages: 224 Source of Book: My Awesome Sister Classroom teacher, Brian Wyzlic, bought the hardcover at her signing event in MI for me! One summer chasing tornadoes could finally change Jane’s life for the better. Seventeen-year-old Jane McAllister can’t quite admit her mother’s… Read More
Blog Tour: Author Interview with Malinda Lo-ADAPTATION
Malinda Lo author of ASH and HUNTRESS, has a new book, ADAPTATION, that came out yesterday, and today she’s stopping by on her blog tour to answer a few questions. Reese and David don’t remember what happened to them after a bird flew into their headlights on the Extraterrestrial Highway–not the resulting car accident and certainly not a bit of… Read More
MMGM: WONDER by R.J. Palacio
Title: WONDER Author: R.J. Palacio Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (a Random House imprint) Release Date: February 14, 2012 Number of Pages: 313 pages Source of Book: Bought a hardcover & got a signed copy from publisher at ALA I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a… Read More
Picture Book Praise: I SAY, YOU SAY OPPOSITES by Tad Carpenter
Title: I SAY, YOU SAY OPPOSITES Author: Tad Carpenter Publisher: LB Kids Release Date: September 11, 2012 Number of Pages: 18 (board book) Source of Book: Board book from publisher Series Website: isayyousaybooks.com I say reading, you say fun! This book of opposites is colorful, playful and encourages interactive learning through basic techniques like prediction and repetition. But really, most… Read More
My 9/11 Read Alouds – Picture Book Praise
This is the year that I truly realized that my students from this point forward will not have any memory of the September 11th terrorist attacks from their own lives. It will officially be history for them. This is the year that I truly realized the importance of non-fiction picture books…those that tell the true stories in a way that… Read More
MMGM: ISLAND OF SILENCE by Lisa McMann
Title: THE UNWANTEDS: ISLAND OF SILENCE (2nd book in the series) Author: Lisa McMann Publisher: Aladdin (a Simon & Schuster imprint) Release Date: September 4, 2012 Number of Pages: 416 Source of Book: ARC from publisher at ALA The battle is over. The magical barrier between the dreary land of Quill and the fantastical world of Artimé is gone. Now… Read More
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