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  History should be every child’s favorite subject. Any single year of history is full of drama, action, crises of faith, heroism and discovery. Somehow, though, many schoolbooks miss the point and turn history into a dry list of dates and names. Kids call it boring, and they’re not wrong. But considering that history is, in most instances, not a very tidy or polite situation, textbooks struggle with making it child-safe and, a far harder task, parent-approved. Enter The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History, one of the best history books a family could have. Jennifer Armstrong has managed to find stories that show the development of America in all its messy, idealistic, violent, conflicted, innovative glory... Click here for more of the curledupkids.com review of Jennifer Armstrong and Roger Roth's The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History.


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*Click, Clack, ABC* by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin - click here for our children's board book review


Board book:
Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin's
Click, Clack, ABC

*A Book of Sleep* by Il Sung Na - click here for our children's picture book review


Picture book:
Il Sung Na's
A Book of Sleep

*Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself* by Jerry and Eileen Spinelli - click here for our young readers children's book review


Young readers:
Jerry and Eileen Spinelli's Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself

*We Are the Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change* by Tim Flannery, adapted by Sally M. Walker - click here for our young adult climate science book review


Young adult:
Tim Flannery and Sally M. Walker's We Are the Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change

 

One spring morning, Valerie Leftman follows her boyfriend, Nick, into the commons area of their high school. Expecting him to confront a bully about breaking her MP3 player, Valerie - along with the rest of the student body - is stunned when Nick pulls out a gun and begins shooting. As classmates dive for cover, it becomes apparent that Nick is targeting kids from a “hate list” she created. When it’s over, Valerie herself has been shot while unconsciously saving another student; Nick is dead. After a summer of seclusion, including a stay in a mental health ward, it’s time for Valerie to head back to school. Will the kids consider her a hero or a monster? The thing is, even Valerie doesn’t know which one she might be... Click here for more of the curledupkids.com review of Jennifer Brown's young adult novel Hate List.
 
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