About Biblio Reads - Children's Book Reviews
Lisa Barker reviews children's books for ages 0-12. Books for ages 12-Up are also considered and are reviewed by Lisa's teens who are avid readers and always on the lookout for a great book.BIBLIO is a new character created to help get kids excited about reading. Lisa hopes to reach all the kids in her county through school and library websites encouraging kids to read the books she reviews that are both newly published and found right there on the library shelves.
Generally, book reviews are posted from January through October. Books are reviewed on a first-come first-served basis. However, in 2009 books are being reviewed in November and December through the 18th at which time we close shop for the holidays. Reviews will resume on January 11, 2010.
There is no fee for book reviews and no limit of titles you may send.
Starting in 2010 books are reviewed as follows:
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+ + + + Highly Recommended + + + Recommended + + Average + Poor |
Children's picture books are reviewed based on the following criteria:
Characters
Events / Reader relevance
Story Line
Illustrations
Reader Excitability / Overall Presentation
Youth / Teen / Young Adult Books are reviewed based on the following criteria:
Hook / Setting
Character(s)
Events / Plot
Overall Story / Story Line / Style / Concept
Reader Excitability / Overall Presentation
If you are an author, publisher or publicist and have a book to review, please contact:
Lisa Barker
BiblioReads@gmail.com
You might also be pleased to know that Biblio Reads - Children's Book Reviews receives exposure through a growing number of parenting and family websites including links back from libraries and schools. Here is the growing list of websites publishing Biblio Reads.
Thank you for sending such great books our way! They are always a pleasure to read and share with other teachers, parents and their children.
In addition to Lisa's general repertoire of book reviews, both fiction and non-fiction covering a wide variety of topics, she is also looking for children's books in Spanish (ages 0-8 only) and children's Christian books as well as other faith-based and cultural books like the following seasonal and holiday focused books:
Seasonal
"Apples for Everyone" by Jill Esbaum
"Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie" by Jill Esbaum
"Celebrate Halloween" by Deborah Heiligman
Holidays
"Celebrate Ramadan" by Deborah Heiligman
"Celebrate Diwali" by Deborah Heiligman
"Celebrate Thanksgiving" by Deborah Heiligman
"Celebrate Christmas" by Deborah Heiligman