![]() ![]() They don’t much care for watching their peers act like hyperactive lemurs, but to see a kid in a book behaving badly is to experience a vicarious thrill. In any case (that was a bit off-topic) if you have a teacher trying to do an educational unit and needs a picture book of some sort, this would fit the bill.Ĭhildren love brats. Carbone was the author of the middle grade historical fiction novel Blood on the Water, a book that was directly responsible for allowing me to serve on the 2007 Newbery committee. Sharyn November called this one “the happy Titanic” because it’s one of the rare seaside disasters where everyone was saved. The folks were rescued by sailors who came through terrible waves and weather to save them. ![]() Based on a true story, this work of picture book fiction follows a true incident from May 1882 when a steamship ran aground in New Jersey. One such starred item will be hitting bookstores this May and goes by the name of Heroes of the Surf by Elisa Carbone (illustrated by Nancy Carpenter). When I get a chance I go out, locate the starred books and read them through. This is partially because Kirkus doesn’t star all that many things and partly because I like their taste. This year I have carefully been keeping track of all the books that Kirkus stars. ![]()
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