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Review by Tintin, age 9 Legends of Zita the Spacegirl Author/illustrator: Ben Hatke Publisher: First Second (9/2012) Genre: Graphic Novel Legends of Zita the Spacegirl is about a girl who saves the planet Lumponia from star hearts. A robot who is pretending to be the spacegirl is messing things up. I like it because it is an adventurous story. My favorite part was when they used a giant to

Review by Tintin, age 9 Invisible Inkling Author/illustrator: Emily Jenkins/Harry Bliss Publisher: Balzer + Bray (April 2011) Hank Wolowitz lives in New York and owns an ice cream shop called The Big Round Pumpkin with his mom, dad, and his sister, Nadia. One day at the shop, Hank feels something under the sink. It feels furry. He finds out it is an animal called a bandapat, and it is

Here are our favorites from the past week: Tintin, age 9 The Courage of Sarah Noble Author: Alice Dalgliesh Genre: Fiction Explorer: The Mystery Boxes Editor: Kazu Kibuishi Genre: Graphic Novel The Giggler Treatment Author: Roddy Doyle Genre: Fiction Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes Author: Jarrett J. Krosoczka Genre: Graphic Novel Johnny Boo, age 6 My Weird

Some of us have a small obsession with Phineas and Ferb. At the most recent Scholastic book fair, each boy got a Phineas and Ferb book, as well as a Phineas and Ferb poster to share. Tintin also recently asked for a book on platypuses because he correctly assumed Perry the Platypus was not your average platypus and he wanted to see what they were really like. A couple of reviews: The Phineas and

It's Valentine's Day Author/illustrator: Jack Prelutsky/Yossi Abolafia Publisher: Mulberry (1996) Category: Poetry It's Valentine's Day is a collection of 14 Valentine's poems from the nation's first children's poet laureate (and the boys' favorite poet not named Shel Silverstein). Check out Prelutsky's website for a few of his other poems and for poetry-writing activities for children. We

Last week Tintin and everyone else who read at least five Texas Bluebonnet books attended a special breakfast in the school library and voted on their favorite Bluebonnet book. Students all across Texas participated in the voting at their own schools. The author of the book receiving the most votes will be declared the winner of the 2011-2012 Texas Bluebonnet Award. Here's Tintin voting for Tom