Fire it up for friendship, fun, adventure, mystery, and courage that fill the pages of C.A. Hartnell s four-book series, The 1950s Adventures of Pete and Carol Ann . Readers eight and up will be thrilled and encouraged by these fast-paced, historical fiction chapter books that are informative, entertaining, and exciting. Scary Spring, Sinister Summer, Ferocious Fall, and Wild Winter beckon readers to escape into the history of the 1950 s. The main …

It recently occurred to me that, as an author who s been writing since 1997 (The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn), I m living through the most mind-boggling upheaval in the publishing industry since Gutenberg s printing press. I ve gone from the ponderous national on the ground book tour to a virtual book tour; from newspaper features to a Facebook fan page; from an author photo in a press kit to an author video on YouTube; from print advertising to …

Always the analyst looking for an angle,I decided to examine the top blogs participants submitted in my recent survey. Of course,I first had to crawl through the recommendations again,create a spreadsheet and count them. My numbers might be off by one or two,however,the main players are clear. The top two – Reading the Past and Passages to the Past – are neck and neck at 58 and 56 mentions. The next two – Historical Novel Society and Historical Tapestry …

13 Oct This year I wanted to increase the number of nonfiction books that I read. Along with The Nonfiction Detectives, I started the 2012 Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. By doing the challenge, I have kept the hunt for nonfiction books, especially picture books, in the forefront of my mind. As a result, I have found some amazing books, incredible illustrations, learned tons of new facts, and had a chance to advocate for books that may not always …

Relive U.S. history through story. These recent books are just a few of the many wonderful novels set in our country’s past. Biographical Fiction Douglass’ Women Jewell Parker Rhodes Frederick Douglass, Anna Douglass, Ottilie Assing Locating additional library materials in the Library Catalog: Not all fiction records in the Library Catalog include subject or setting information, but you can find some additional historical novels with a keyword subject …

Bitchin Blog Posts by SB Sarah | June 25, 2013 | Tuesday at 11:00 am | 3 Comments Losing It by Cora Carmack is $1.99. This is a contemporary new adult title, one that I heard a lot about at RT. If you re curious about new adult, this might be a good title to try. Virginity. Bliss Edwards is about to graduate from college and still has hers. Sick of being the only virgin among her friends, she decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose …

I decided to go with a list of the best adult historical fiction books or young adult historical fiction books that paint the picture of an era so well that I really want to visit it or read everything (fiction and non-fiction) that I can about it. 2. Between Shades Of Gray by Ruta Septys: If I could only recommend one historical fiction books, it d be this one. No matter what your reading preferences are, I think you ll find this book haunting and …

Submitted by Teacher-2-Teacher contributor Kim Robb of Summerland, BC Create life-sized models of two of your favorite characters and dress them as they are dressed in the book. Crouch down behind your character and describe yourself as the character. Tell what your role is in the book and how you relate to the other character you have made. Create a sculpture of a character. Use any combination of soap, wood, clay, sticks, wire, stones, old toy pieces …

My blog is about the joy of reading books and many of books from different genres except contemporary romance. Under: Fiction (Children & MG), Fiction (Literary Fiction & Poetry), Fiction (Action & Adventure), Fiction (Mystery/Thriller), Fiction (Horror), Fiction (Romance – Historical), Fiction (Romance – Paranormal), Fiction (Science Fiction), Fiction (Fantasy/Urban Fantasy), Young Adult (All), Other I offer free Shout outs …

2012 Top 10 Historical Fiction Novels A certain author, who shall remain unnamed (Kate Quinn), posted 10 Reads of 2012 on her Goodreads blog along with this comment: Two things hold true at the end of each year: all book bloggers must, by federal mandate, post a “Top Ten Books of the Year!” list on their blogs, and all of us whether book bloggers or not still have holiday shopping to do. Being a Canadian citizen, I felt exempt from the federal mandate …