Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider Adventure
November 16, 2009 by Elizabeth
Filed under Gifts for Tweens
Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider Novel (#8) feels ripped from the headlines, with a charity broker con artist raising millions of dollars in donations, only to invest them in a form of genetically modified wheat that has the power to release an airborne strain of virus so powerful, it can knock out an entire [...]
Why Don’t Your Eyelashes Grow?
November 6, 2009 by Elizabeth
Filed under Gifts for Tweens
Why Don’t Your Eyelashes Grow?: Curious Questions Kids Ask About the Human Body by Beth Ann Ditkoff M.D. is filled with fun trivia and answers to questions kids sometimes ask about their bodies, like what their Adam’s Apple is for and why ears are filled with earwax. There’s also an “Urban Myth” section that covers [...]
For Tween Girls-Scarlett & Crimson Book Series
November 3, 2009 by Elizabeth
Filed under Gifts for Tweens
Scarlett and Crimson are 13 year old best friends who see the world differently than other girls their age. They love the color black; their favorite time is nighttime; and their favorite mood is DARQ – which they define on their website as ‘a way of looking at the world and making sense of it [...]
