Thursday, August 23, 2012

#12 Animal Fiction in eBooks for Kids

     How can I possibly recommend only three animal books for kids?  There are so many!

     Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo was a Newberry Honor Book in 2001.  It is a sweet story about Opal and her stray dog, Winn-Dixie.  The eBook is available for Nook on BN.com and Kindle on Amazon.com for $3.50.

     The Trouble With Tuck by Theodore Taylor was first published in 1981and is also a dog book.  When Tuck begins to loose his sight, his young owner finds a wonderful solution to his problem.  The eBook is available for both Kindle and Nook from their respective web sites for $5.99.

     Curious George was written and illustrated by H.A. Rey and Margaret Rey in 1941.  It eventually became a series of pictures books about George, the monkey, and his owner, the man with the yellow hat.  It is available on Amazon.com for Kindle for $5.24 and on BN.com for Nook for $6.99.  The illustrations will be black and white unless your device displays color.

     Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel was published in 1970, and is an illustrated beginning reader.  It is available as an eBook for both Nook and Kindle at $4.99. 

   (Woops! I think that was already four books, and I still have one more)  Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey is a classic picture book first published in 1941.  Amazon has an Audible Audio Edition for Kindle that sells for only $2.95.  I have not actually tried it, but if you are interested in these audio versions, you might want to consider it.  The price is especially good.

     Next time I will recommend some books about kids moving to new places.  Please join us.

     On my other blog, I have written a post about the sources of my ideas for Monkey Tales, a little beginning reader.

     Please check it out by clicking on the following link:

        www.jumpup2chapterbooks.blogspot.com.


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Monday, August 6, 2012

#11 Historical Fiction in Ebooks for Kids


     In this post I will be recommending some historical fiction in ebooks for kids--stories that focus on three different times in history.

     The first is Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata.   Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, twelve-year-old Sumiko's Japanese American family is forced to move away from their home on a flower farm in California and into an internment camp near the Colorado River in Arizona until the end of World War II. Weedflower is available for both Nooks (Barnes&Noble) and Kindles (Amazon) for $5.99.

     My second recommendation has a similar theme, but takes place more than a hundred years earlier.  Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears was written by Cornelia Cornelissen. In 1838 the Cherokee people were relocated from their homes in North Carolina to Oklahoma. Soft Rain is a 9-year-old girl who becomes temporarily separated from some of her family members on the long and dangerous walk. This ebook is also available for Nook (Barnes&Noble) and Kindle (Amazon) for $5.99. 

     For my third historical fiction ebook, I am recommending Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes.  This book was the winner of the 1943 Newbery Medal, and is the story of a fourteen-year-old boy who becomes involved in the events leading up to the American Revolutionary War, including the Boston Tea Party and the first shots fired at Lexington.  Barnes&Noble's ebook for Nook sells for $5.87, and Amazon's ebook for Kindle sells for $4.99.

     I have one more recommendation which, though not a piece of fiction, is worthy of your notice.  

     Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordical Gerstein, the recipient of the 2004 Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustrations, is an amazing picture book. It shows and tells the story of French aerialist Philippe Petit who, in 1974, walked a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center. (Yes, those same towers!)  Amazon offers it for Kindles at $5.99. 


     Feel free to visit my other blog at www.jumpup2chapterbooks.blogspot.com.  I am discussing where the ideas for my published stories originated, and my picture book Circles in the Wind is the current topic.




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