Here is my latest review in Deseret News: “DEATH COMING UP THE HILL,” by Chris Crowe, HMH Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 208 pages (f) (ages 14 and up) This gritty tale in Haiku-like poetry takes place in 1968 — a year that saw the Tet Offensive, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and…
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The maternal effect: How mother deer protect their future kings
Do mothers invest more care in their sons if they believe their child is destined to be a king, president or a high-powered leader? The answer is definitively yes – as long as those mothers and their sons happen to have hooves. It always comes up when people are comparing their most traumatic movie experiences:…
Young People’s Pavilion: What is a Good Book?
It is an indisputable fact that a child’s engagement with good books is important and valuable to her development. Not only can reading high quality children’s literature expand a child’s cognitive abilities, but it can also spur a child’s emotional, moral, and spiritual development. However, with one visit a major online or storefront book…
Rich, Beautiful and Popular: Foul-mouthed Characters in Teen Books Have it All
“To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.” -Alexander Pope Bestselling authors of teen literature portray their more foul-mouthed characters as rich, attractive and popular, a new study finds. Sarah Coyne analyzed the use of profanity in 40 books on an adolescent bestsellers list. On average, teen novels contain 38 instances of profanity between the…
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