Nancy McConnell

New books by Wisconsin authors this fall

Fall is here and the weather is just right for curling up with a good book. Local Wisconsin authors have some new offerings for fall. Light the fire and enoy a new book, they may even become your...

Beware Engelbert Sneem and his dream vacuum machine

Everyone knows that dreams are a part of a good night’s sleep. But what would happen if someone snuck into your room in the middle of the night and sucked your loveliest dreams right out of your...

Sylvan Dell introduces advanced ebooks

Sylvan Dell Publishing Company announced at the end of July this year that they have introduced the next generation of ebooks. More advanced that Kindle, Sylvan Dell hopes these books will revolutionize the fight for literacy in America...

Children's Books 101: Five must read picutre books for the very young

If you like nothing better than to snuggle up at bedtime with your child and read a picture book, don’t miss this five classic tales that are sure to warm your heart.Make Way for Duckling– Robert...

Transitional books take children on the next step to reading fluency

Parents often wonder how their child is going to go from reading pictures books to full fledged chapter books. It seems like a big jump from a five hundred word picture book to a 30,000 word middle grade novel...

Karen Cushman writes about the California gold rush from the female perspective

Lucy Whipple, or California Morning Whipple as she was christened, wants nothing to do with California. The gold rush, the town of Lucky Diggins and miners can’t compare to her beloved Massachusetts. But Mama Whipple has dragged Lucy...

Talking to your kids about the facts of life can be easier than you think

Talking to your preteens and middle graders about the facts of life is a conversation that not many parents look forward to. It’s easy to let the school handle it and hope that they will ask you if...

Chet Gecko, a hilarious look at the life of a lizard turned detective

Mystery fans will cheer for Chet Gecko Private Eye, a detective series starring, you guessed it, a lizard. Chet solves cases in the mean playground at Emerson Hickey Elementary School.Written in the film noire style, Chet is a wisecracking...

The Problem with the Puddles by Kate Feiffer is a hilarious look at agreeing to disagree

We all have problems, but the Puddles seem to have more than their fair share of them. It doesn’t take long when reading The Problem with the Puddles, by Kate Feiffer, to realize this. First...

Llama, llama, Red Pajama's helps children go to bed in a good mood

Young children often find going to bed can be a scary thing. In Llama, Llama, Red Pajama, by author and illustrator Anna Dewdney, we find out life is not so different in the animal world. Baby llama is tucked up...

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