Book World Senior Editor Ron Charles interviews Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing.

In honor of Frindle, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, we'd like you -- kids aged 8-13 -- to pick up your frindles and invent some new words of your own.

Rodents in books are far superior to real ones as these selections prove.

This fall sees a flurry of terrific novels for kids anywhere from 7 to 12. Here are five standouts.