Had an amazing visit at Tyler Hill Camp, where I went as a camper, counselor, and head staff! Got to teach lots of workshops and hang out with gifted and hilarious kids who wrote great stuff, asked perfect questions, and even helped me brainstorm Book 4 of the series:) Head to Aguilar Library for a writing workshop, reading, Q&A, and friendship bracelets!
Monday, July 25th at 11:00am Aguilar Library 174 East 110th Street New York, NY 10029 (212) 534-2930 http://mommypoppins.com/new-york-city-kids/event/free/author-talk-with-stacy-davidowitz Thanks to Lily D, age 10, for this AMAZING review of BOTH BOOKS!
Review of Camp Rolling Hills Books 1 and 2 JULY 12, 2016 Camp Rolling Hills is the perfect book for tweens 9-13. It would be a very good book if you are about to go to overnight camp for the first time. This book is about a certain group of kids going to camp. Each book switches between the perspectives of a girl and a boy. So this book would be perfect for both girls and boys (no matter how girly the cover looks, just check the back of the bookJ.) I personally think this book embodies what overnight camp is. I went on an overnight trip with my school at a local camp where I live for a night, and when I read this book, I thought about that trip and could relate to the characters’ experiences. I think it will make your child want to go to an overnight camp (it sure convinced me!). Camp Rolling Hills is about a boy and a girl and their experiences at camp. In the first book, the main characters are fourth-year camper Stephanie (a.k.a. Slimy) and first-year camper Bobby (a.k.a. Smelly). Their two cabins (Anita Hill and San Juan Hill) get into a prank war, and Slimy and Smelly are stuck in the middle of it! The second book, Camp Rolling Hills: Crossing Over, is their next year at camp. Hamburger Hiller Robert (called by his last name, Steinberg) enters a robotics contest that goes completely wrong. Faith Hiller Bethany (also called by her last name, Melman) is the sporty type, but gets a dare to wear a pink princess dress for three days. The reward: a cabin ice cream party. Her cabin mates beg her to do it, so she really had no choice. Both books are full of hilarious shenanigans and lots of laughs! This is an amazing series, and I hope they make more books for me (and maybe you) to read. Editors note: This fabulous review was written by one very sharp young lady who’s 10 years old, Lily D!! Disclaimer – We were provided with copies of the books to facilitate our review. The opinions of our reviewer are 100% her own. I mean… show us a 10 year old who DOESN’T tell you like it is 😉 Thank you to Mrs. Mommy Booknerd's Blog for posting such incredible and thoughtful reviews of both books in the series!
CAMP ROLLING HILLS: BOOK ONE I want to head to camp and meet these kids. This an amazing book! Filled with heart, fun, sun and camp shenanigans. Davidowitz has brilliantly captured the emotions that arise and interpersonal relationships that develop while at camp. Any kid would love to open this book and head to Camp Rolling Hills. Whether they have attended camp or not they will laugh, feel and maybe learn a few new ways to interact with other kids. This is the first book in a series that will surly become a favorite for you and your kids... 5 stars CAMP ROLLING HILLS: CROSSING OVER: BOOK TWO All the brilliance of the the first book in the series, Camp Rollings Hills, with new issues, new shenanigans and plenty of laughs. A wonderful story about dealing with friendship as people change and trying to find common ground with those friends. It is about solving problems and embracing who you are. There is heart, friendship and love wrapped up in a story that will capture your attention, as well as your kids. You will wish you went to camp or you will reminisce about your time at camp. If nothing else you will have a great time visiting Camp Rolling Hills. 5 huge stars Thrilled to be included in this visiting day gift guide! But also, everything in this guide looks either incredibly delicious or incredibly cool-swaggy. Check it out! http://www.summer365.com/summer-365-camp-visiting-day-gift-guide-2016/ Camp Rolling Hills is a middle-school age book series by Stacy Davidowitz. The series follows twelve campers over the course of three summers (ages 12 to 14) as they bond, grow, fall in love, participate in hilarious high jinx, and eat s’mores. Each book is told from the point of view of one boy and one girl, so that by the end of the series, each character will have their half a book to shine! The first two books of the series came out in May 2016. The third book, which is all about Color War, will be released in April 2017. The fourth book will be released in April 2018. There are potentially two more books after that, bringing the series to a total of six books. For more information go to www.camprollinghills.com and order online at Amazon. WHY WE LOVE IT!: This is going to be summer reading your camper will actually enjoy! These books about camp are perfect for rest hour and flashlight time in camp. Bunk Reads Review – by Caro in G9
Posted by camp micah on June 29, 2016 SHARE POST: This summer, Camp Micah is proud to be part of Bunk Reads, a book discovery program supporting campers’ year-round independent reading. We’re excited to share our first book review from Caro L. in G9! “I read Camp Rolling Hills by Stacy Davidowitz. I really liked this book for many reasons. One of the two major ones is the fact that the camp was really similar to Micah. The second is that the two main characters, Bobby (Smelly) and Stephanie (Slimey), both have family problems. A lot of authors have all of their characters be perfect. Perfect looks, perfect grades, perfect families. I really like the change. I would definitely recommend this book.” Campers keep coming into the office to check out books that they’ve chosen from our Rec Room library! We look forward to sharing more book reviews throughout the summer! Summer Vacation Books About Summer Vacation
The hot summer months provide many reading opportunities. Make your summer reading more summery with books about . . . yes, you guessed it, . . . summer vacation! Here are middle grade chapter books about camp, vacation, friendships, trips, and other summer time adventures. Enjoy! Camp Rolling Hills by Stacy Davidowitz (ages 8 – 12) Summer camp is Stephanie’s (Slimey as she’s called at camp) favorite time of year. This year is a little different with changes in friendships, boy crushes and kisses, and pranks on other cabins. The rest of the list here! Publisher's Weekly: Bunk Reads: Promoting Book Discovery at Summer Camp By Judith Rosen Jun 07, 2016 Last summer, when Kirsten Cappy, founder of the marketing firm Curious City in Portland, Maine, was working with Ammi-Joan Paquette, author of Princess Juniper of the Hourglass (Philomel) and a literary agent, Cappy wished that she could get the book into every summer camp. After brainstorming with Paquette’s agent, Erin Murphy with Erin Murphy Literary Agency, the two came up with a way to do just that: by creating a book discovery program for kids at summer camp, Bunk Reads. And they will begin testing their idea in two weeks through a pilot program with 11 Maine summer camps, which will place them in their libraries or rec rooms. Bunk Reads is providing 55 books by 39 authors (all but one agented by Murphy). Each of the authors paid a $50 fee and provided a dozen books for Cappy and Murphy to distribute. A little less than half the selected titles, picture books through middle grade, have main characters that are non-white. A third have female protagonists. The titles are published by houses ranging from Algonquin Young Readers and Charlesbridge to Scholastic and Viking. In addition to introducing kids to new books this summer, Cappy and Murphy also want to be able to track what the kids liked and didn’t like. As part of Bunk Reads, children are asked to read a book and review it (using the hashtag #BunkReads). They will then be entered into a contest to win a box of books, which will ship in December. Camp administrators see Cappy and Murphy’s idea as a win-win. Although camps focus on children’s social and emotional growth, diversity, and appreciating nature, many are also being pressured by parents to help stem the “summer slide.” “I thought it was a fantastic opportunity for campers and counselors,” Jason Gray, assistant director of Camp Nashoba North in Raymond, Maine, said. A sports teacher in Australia, Gray plans to take the idea back home to rugby camp to encourage kids there to read. Camp administrators like Mark Lipof, director and co-owner of Camp Micah in Bridgton, Maine, persuaded Cappy and Murphy that it’s possible to find a way for kids to review books, even though his camp and most others are technology-free. Staff at Camp Micah will type up kids’ handwritten reviews and post them on their camp blog. Kids can also use one of the postcards that are inserted in each book to write down their thoughts and send them home. They or their parents can type them up when they get back. Among the administrators concerns were that none of the books contain sexual situations. Lipof also didn’t want the kids to see Bunk Reads as schoolwork. At the same time, he asked that Bunk Reads include summer reading books that parents want their kids to read at camp. “We’re very hopeful that kids are going to love [Bunk Reads],” Lipof said. He added that two types of kids come to camp – those who read and those who don’t. He’d like to use the program to get the kids who don’t read to pick up a book. Based on the feedback that the camps and campers provide, Cappy and Murphy will put together a proposal to scale the project. But for Cappy, the Bunk Reads has other possibilities beyond summer camp. “As an industry,” she said, “we do an amazing job of creating good stories. The right book turns kids into readers. We need projects that don’t just rely on booksellers and librarians for discovery. We need more partners.” Find out more at www.bunkreads.com At the Barnes & Noble in Clifton, NJ, I met Paul Czajak. SO COOL. Did you know that he was a chemist before he became an author six years ago?!
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