Author Spotlight: Andrew Clements, Master of the American School Story Children’s Author: Andrew Clements, May 29, 1949 – November 28, 2019 With nine books with a Christmas theme, December is a great time to read an Andrew Clements book. Start with The Last Holiday Concert, a novel of Winterhope, the last sixth grade choral […]
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Resources to Encourage & Inspire
In this category, Resources for Inspiration & Encouragement, you will find memes to make you laugh, words to rescue & use, quotes to share, and links to look-up additional information — maybe a few of our favorite bookish finds.
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Booklist: October Boo-oo-ks!
Booklist: October Boo-oo-ks! This October we intend to feature some chills, thrills, and things that go bump in the night. Before we get there, though, we wanted to remind you of some of the Halloweenish books we have previously reviewed on our site. J.D. Barker writes both horror and thrillers that have a […]
Recipe & Review: Teatime with Diana Bishop, All Souls Trilogy, Deborah Harkness
Recipe & Review: Teatime with Diana Bishop, All Souls Trilogy, Deborah Harkness All Souls Trilogy: A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life Fantasy Series: All Souls Trilogy, Deborah Harkness Hopefully in the books you read, you will find characters that you can relate to as well as others you love. […]
Recipe & Review: Birthday Shortbread for Bilbo & Frodo Baggins
Recipe and Review: Birthday Shortbread for Bilbo & Frodo Baggins from The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien Fantasy: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien September 22 is the shared birthday of Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggings, two of the most beloved book characters of all […]
Reader Roadtrip: 2019 National Book Festival
Author Spotlight: Joy Harjo
Author Spotlight: Joy Harjo, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States Poetry: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, Joy Harjo Poetry: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, Joy Harjo This autumn, Joy Harjo will begin her term as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. She is the first Native American to […]
2019 Hugo Awards on Scintilla
2019 Hugo Awards on Scintilla ‘Twas the year of the lady–Lady Astronaut, that is. Mary Robinette Kowal stole the show with her ethereal dress and her wonderful novel that is sweeping this year’s science fiction awards, adding to her Locus and Nebula wins by taking home the Hugo for best novel. We loved The Calculating […]
Quote: Walter Dean Myers on Reading
Booklist: Reading Around the World
World Tour Booklist: Reading Around the World How is your summer going? Any travel? At Scintilla.info, we dream of travel but most of our road trips involve visiting our three grandchildren–not that we mind doing that at all! But we do travel in our reading, and we’ve reviewed some books that take us to real […]