Welcome to The Reading Corner, a place to find good books to read.

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Our purpose is to write book reviews for readers in grades 2-8 that give a little more information than what you find in the library catalog.  We hope that you use this site and then visit libraries, talk to librarians, and most especially, read more books.  Come again!
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Sponsored by the Carroll County Public Library in Westminster, Maryland, this site is created by Mona Kerby, an associate professor at McDaniel College.  The participants do not  receive any money from this non-profit project.  This site is no longer being maintained. Acknowledgments: Pages are designed using Netscape and Micrografx Windows Draw.  Animated gifs are downloaded from free web sites.  Book covers are scanned using Adobe Photoshop and are copyright by the various publishers and by individual artists. Bookmarks are designed using Print Shop.  Book reviews are written by WMC undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in children's and young adult literature and by WMC school library media instructors. The reviewer's initials follow his/her reviews.  The reviewers are listed below. The books that are featured are some of our favorites.  Many titles have been recommended by kids.  We read books that are recommended in professional selection sources such as Booklist and School Library Journal. We also read books that appear on various ALA notable book lists and the Notable Social Studies and Outstanding Science Trade Book lists that appear on the Children's Book Council web site.

Michael Ahr (MA),  Amy Davidson (AD),  Diane Auxier (DA),  Annette Bailey (AB),  Katie Brown (KB),  Lorraine Brunn (LB),  Tom Buzzell (TB), Dorothy Carpenter (DC),  Jamie  Carver (JC),  Robin Cousins (RC),  Tina Dattoli (TD),  Beth DeLise (BMD),  Joanne Dennie (JD),  Stacy Dobres (SD),  Beth Dori (BD),  Karen  Fichter (KF),  Susan Foote (SF),  Lori Frederick (LF),  Holly Fuhrman (HF),  Cheryl Guy (CG),  Connie R. Goodrich (CRG),  Kathy Ginsburg (KG),  Melvajean Glessner (MJG),  Mary Hackman (MH),  Dianne Hann (DH),  Sarah Harper (SH),  Jenny Heller (JH),  Deb Hoover (DAH)  Joquetta Johnson (JJ),  Meghan Joyce (MJ),  Valerie Kann (VK),  Lori Kebetz (LK),  Mona Kerby (MK),  Allyson Lyga (AL),  Jami R. Maxcy (JRM),  Jeanne Mayo (JM),  Jan McCully (JM),  Diane Martin (DM),  Kathy McGuire (KM),  Sarah Mitchell (SM),  Lucy Mulhern (LM),  Debbie Munley (DLM),  Susan Nenstiel (SN),  Joe Paciotti (JHP),  Marnie Pierce (MP),  Barbara Pindell (BP),  Diana Pool (DP),   Jean Pyzik (JP),  Kristen Reed (KR),  Rebecca Reickel (RR),  Holly Reitzel (HR),  Louise Robinson (LR),  Diane Ruby (DR),  Shannon Resh (SR),  Marge Runkle (MR),  Barbara Sarangoulis (BS),  Jenny  Simmons (JS),  Sandy Sneeringer (SS), Chrissy Steele (CS),  Kathy Swaggerty (KS),  Diane Swierzbinski (DS),  Lois Szymanski (LS),  Maureen Stewart (MS),  Adrian Thomas (AT),  Mike Vidmar (MV),  Jessica Wroten (JR), and Dorita Smith--another behind the scene helper.

	The Reading Corner has been selected by The Kids Report and is featured in the October 12, 1999 collection.
	The Reading Corner has been selected by Reader's Digest as one of their summer links for kids.  (Summer 2000)
	The Reading Corner is featured on HomeworkSpot.com (September 2000), a website that links to free online K-12 homwork resources. Its' sister site, LibrarySpot.com, has been named a "Best Reference Site" from Forbes.com and a "Top 100Web Site" from PC Magazine.
	The Reading Corner is featured on edHelper.com as an Honor Roll Selected Site.  (November 7, 2000)  This site has more than 7,000 lesson plans.
	The Reading Corner is featured in 1001 Best Websites for Educators by Tim Hopkins and published by Teacher Created Materials, 2000.
	The Reading Corner has been chosen as a World Almanac editor's pick to be included in the online edition of The World Almanac for Kids.(2-20-02)