Winter Reading Picks Include Wallace the Brave and Election Day
The Mini Page highlights Will Henry’s Wallace the Brave series with The Great Pencil Quest where Wallace and friends hunt for a sharpened Big Betty. Leah Henderson’s Your Voice Your Vote follows Quetta and family on Election Day. Fiona Cook’s The Wheel of the Year explores seasonal changes and rituals with illustrations.
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Will Henry
Wallace the Brave
Leah Henderson
Quetta
Fiona Cook
Founded by Betty Debnam Next Week in North Carolina
Betty Debnam establishes a new organization with plans to launch in North Carolina next week. The move signals activity from local civic groups and prompts attention from community leaders coast to coast.
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Betty Debnam
North Carolina
Holiday reads for kids and curious minds
A selection of children and youth books includes The Official Harry Potter Cookbook with 40 plus recipes by Joanna Farrow, Mya McLure: The Brave Science Girl by Douglas Haddad, Inspirational Football Stories for Young Readers by Mike Johnson, The River That Flows Beside Me by Charlotte Guillain, When Everything Went Wrong by Max Temporelli with Barbara Gozzi and Agnese Innocente, Welcome to the Mysteryverse by Clive Gifford, and more. Each title invites young readers to explore cooking, science, sports, nature, failure as a path to success, and unanswered questions with engaging stories and facts.
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Joanna Farrow
Hagrid
Mya McLure
Douglas Haddad
Mya
Mike Johnson
Max Temporelli
Barbara Gozzi
Agnese Innocente
Writing Prompts and Novel Writing Tips for Young Readers
A compilation from The Childrens Book Review lists Writing Prompts for Kids by Sheryl Green and How To Write a Novel Before You Turn 13 by Ollie Ood, noting library access. It highlights practical ideas for engaging young writers and beginner authors seeking quick, structured guidance.
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Sheryl Green
Ollie Ood
How to Catch a School of Fish with Bookworms
A playful exchange imagines catching a school of fish using bookworms. Bodie jokes that reviews of children's books in the newspaper hold the key to success.
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Bina
Bodie
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