2008-2009 Winners Announced!
As is the tradition at the Maud Hart Lovelace Awards the winners were announced on the anniversary of the author’s birthday, April 25th. Over 20,000 Minnesota students between grades 3-8 chose among a list of great award nominees to narrow the field down to these winners: Division I: ( grades 3 – 5 ) First: [...]
Abby Takes a Stand by Patricia McKissack
SCRAPS OF TIME 1960: ABBY TAKES A STAND is the first of a series of juvenile novels by Patricia McKissack. A group of kids help their grandmother explore the contents of her attic and find scraps of memories. As each scrap is found, the grandmother, Gee, tells a story from her childhood and from the [...]
Punished by David Lubar
Logan and his friend Benedict run into the wrong guy at the library-literally. When Logan slams into the reference guy in the basement and gives him a little lip, Logan gets punished, really and truly punished. He has three days to complete three tasks before Professor Wordsworth Mr. Will lift the magical punishment that keeps [...]
