Richie's Picks: CAT SECRETS by Jef Czekaj, Balzer+Bray/Harpercollins, January 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-06-192088-2 "Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandana ...
Richie's Picks: PLEASE IGNORE VERA DIETZ by A.S. King, Knopf, October 2010, 304p., ISBN: 978-0-375-86586-2; ISBN: 978-0-375-89617-0 "How often do you wonder...
Richie's Picks: BLANK CONFESSION by Pete Hautman, Simon & Schuster, November 2010, 176p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-1327-6 "An angel on a Harley Pulls across to meet...
Richie's Picks: ELSIE'S BIRD by Jane Yolen & David Small, September 2010, Philomel, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25292-1 "Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to...
Richie's Picks: FREDERICK DOUGLASS: A NOBLE LIFE by David A. Adler, Holiday House, June 2010, 144p., ISBN: 978-0-8234-2056-8 "We can change the world, ...
Richie's Picks: IN THE WILD by David Elliott and Holly Meade, ill. Candlewick, August 2010, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-4497-0 "Who's always eager to extend A...
Richie's Picks: HERO by Mike Lupica, Philomel, November 2010, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25283-9 "It was one of those great stories that you can't put down at...
Richie's Picks: HOW ROCKET LEARNED TO READ by Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade Books, July 2010, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-375-85899-4 "'Ah, the wondrous, mighty, gorgeous...
Richie's Picks: STRINGS ATTACHED by Judy Blundell, Scholastic Press, March 2011, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-545-22126-9 "I have a picture pinned to my wall" -- The...
Richie's Picks: OKAY FOR NOW by Gary D. Schmidt, Houghton Mifflin, April 2011, 368p., ISBN: 9780547152608 "Their father's hell Did slowly go by" -- Graham...
Richie's Picks: AMAZING FACES, poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Chris Soentpiet, ill., Lee & Low Books, June 2010, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-60060-334-1 In...
Richie's Picks: AMELIA LOST: THE LIFE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF AMELIA EARHART by Candace Fleming, Schwartz & Wade, March 2011, 128p., ISBN: 978-0-375-84198-9;...
Richie's Picks: JUMPSTART THE WORLD by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Knopf, October 2010, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-375-86665-4; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-96665-1 "I'll have a...
Richie's Picks: RECOVERY ROAD by Blake Nelson, Scholastic Press, March 2011, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-545-10729-7 "So much time to make up Everywhere you turn Time...
Richie's Picks: SOMETHING LIKE HOPE by Shawn Goodman, Delacorte, December 2010, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73939-9; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-385-90786-6 "Some day I'll...
Richie's Picks: JIMI: SOUNDS LIKE A RAINBOW by Gary Golio and Javaka Steptoe, ill., Clarion, October 2010, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-618-85279-6 "Anger. He smiles ...
Richie's Picks: ONE TOO MANY: A SEEK & FIND COUNTING BOOK by Gianna Marino, Chronicle Books, March 2010, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-8118-69089 "Seven neat orange feet...
Richie's Picks: SONIA SOTOMAYOR: A JUDGE GROWS IN THE BRONX/LA JUEZ QUE CRECIO EN EL BRONX by Jonah Winter and Edel Rodriguez, Atheneum, 2009, 40p., ISBN:...
Richie's Picks: THE FORTUNE OF CARMEN NAVARRO by Jen Bryant, Knopf, October 2010, 240p., ISBN: 978-0-375-85759-1 "Love lost, such a cost..." -- Neil Young ...
Richie's Picks: DEADLY by Julie Chibbaro, Atheneum, February 2011, 304p., ISBN: 978-0-689-85738-6 "In pondering Mary Mallon's response, I think that Mr....
Richie's Picks: CROSSINGLINES by Paul Volponi, Viking, June 2011, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-670-01214-5 "He mentioned the steamboats, soldiers, and soap, and called...
Richie's Picks: EXPOSURE by Kimberly Marcus, Random House, February 2011, 272p., ISBN: 978-0-375-86693-7 "Pieces from here and there fall in place along the...
Richie's Picks: THE BEST OF 2010 All we are saying is give peace a chance. CAT THE CAT WHO IS THAT? by Mo Willems, Balzer + Bray. In compiling this "Best...
Richie's Picks: PERFECT SQUARE by Michael Hall, Greenwillow, March 2011, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-06-191513-0 "I've got a square look I'll show you I got four sides...
Richie's Picks: FARM by Elisha Cooper, Orchard, April 2010, 48p., ISBN: 978-0-545-07075-1 "And I called my farm 'Muscle in my Arm' But the land was sweet...
Richie's Picks: PRESS HERE by Herve Tullet, Chronicle Books, April 2011, 56p., ISBN: 978-0-8118-7954-5 "PRESS HERE AND TURN THE PAGE" "GREAT! NOW PRESS...
Richie's Picks: BOOTLEG: MURDER, MOONSHINE, AND THE LAWLESS YEARS OF PROHIBITION by Karen Blumental, Roaring Brook, May 2011, ISBN: 978-1-59643-449-3 ...
Richie's Picks: JANIS JOPLIN: RISE UP SINGING by Ann Angel, Introduction by Sam Andrew, Amulet Books, October 2010, 128pp, ISBN: 978-0-8109-8349-6 "One of...