Madigan Reads

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MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend by Rachel Bertsche Ballantine Books December 2011 MWF Seeking BFF is solidly in...

Alex Ko: From Iowa to Broadway, My Billy Elliot Story by Alex Ko HarperCollins April 2013 In this straightforward autobiography, Ko covers...

So You Want to Be a Superstar?: The Ultimate Audition Guide by Ted Michael, Nic Cory and Mara Jill Herman Running Press Kids August 2012 U...

More Short and Sweet Skits for Student Actors by Maggie Scriven Meriwether Publishers March 2012 This follow-up to Short and Sweet Skits f...

Audition Monologues for Young Women: Contemporary Audition Pieces for Aspiring Actresses by Gerald Ratcliff Meriwether Publisher September...

O n Stage: Theatre Games and Activities for Kids by Lisa Bany-Winters Chicago Review Press September 2012 This updated edition o...

The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez and Jenna Glatzer Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers January 2012 The Pregnancy Project...

It's Snowing by Gail Gibbons Holiday House August 2011 It's Snowing is another triumph from reknowned non-fiction picture book...

Puppet Play: 20 Puppet Projects Made with Recycled Mittens, Socks, Towels and More by Diana Schoenbrun Andrews McKeel Publishing April 201...

Manners Mash-up: A Goofy Guide to Good Behavior by Ted Arnold, et al. Dial Books for Young Readers February 2011 This collection by renow...

Rosa's Bus by Jo S. Kittinger, illustrated by Steven Walker Calkins Creen October 2010 Rosa's Bus covers a worthy topic from an u...

Wanda Gág: The Girl Who Lived to Draw by Deborah Kogen Ray Viking Juvenile October 2008 This is a nice picture book biography portrait ...

Short and Sweet Skits for Student Actors by Maggie Scriven Meriwether Publishing March 2010 Clean, straitlaced and with a sometimes co...

Zombie Felties: How to Raise 16 Gruesome Felt Creatures from the Undead by Nicola Tedman and Sarah Skeate Andrews McMeel Publishing 2010 ...

Orangutans are Ticklish: Fun Facts From an Animal Photographer by Steve Grubman and Jill Davis Schwartz and Wade Books 2010 I was ...

The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary by Jeff Kinney Amulet Books 2010 I have to admit I was skeptical when I heard they were making a live-action movi...

Great Monologues for Young Actors, Volume III edited by Craig Slaight and Jack Sharrar Smith and Kraus 2009 A fresh and challengi...

I'm very excited that a book I reviewed recently received a star from the School Library Journal . Whether or not a book gets a star is ...

Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street by Michael Davis Viking 2008 Davis' background as a journalist really shines throug...