Youby Charles Benoit9780061947049, $16.99, Harper, Pub. Date: August 2010You is a powerful, searing work of realistic teen fiction. The title comes from its second-person point-of-view narrator; a voice that makes the work immediately accessible by encouraging the reader to become the main character.The main character is sophomore Kyle Chase. He's smart, but took a wrong … Continue reading Book Review: You by Charles Benoit
Category: Genre: children’s books
The Future of Children’s Publishing
Thanks to @MarkMcVeigh and @LiaKeyes for today's post. Follow me on Twitter @rebf.They tweeted about the Washington Post's article "The future of children's book publishing" by Stephen Lowman, which you should all read, as it talks about the intersection between publishing a paper hard copy and the availability of book content online.While I don't disagree … Continue reading The Future of Children’s Publishing
Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Scholastic
Presenting #6 in the Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights series...Scholastic! Swim! Swim! by Lerch 9780545094191, $16.99, Pub. Date: July 2010Hilarious! Lerch, the fish, the main character of the story (as well as, apparently, the author), is so very proper I can't help reading this in a (horrendous) British accent. Lerch is lonely and wants a friend, … Continue reading Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Scholastic
CHIRP & Book Review: Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet & Elspeth Graham
Candlewick has recently rolled out a new program called CHIRP: Candlewick's Handselling Indie Recognition Program. It is fantastic. Not only is it immensely flattering to have the work of Indies recognized and aided by a major publisher, but the fact that CHIRP really is helpful, is a huge bonus. We received a box of completed … Continue reading CHIRP & Book Review: Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet & Elspeth Graham
Book Review: The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal 9781606840795, $16.99, Egmont (Random House), Pub. Date: July 2010 This debut novel was a delight! Very strong writing, a satisfactory conclusion, love, danger, intrigue, magic, a prophecy, and three princesses. After turning sixteen, Princess Nalia of Thorvaldor learns she is not the true heir. A prophecy made before her … Continue reading Book Review: The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal
Book Review: Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book Two: The Basilisk’s Lair by R.L. LaFevers
Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book Two: The Basilisk's Lairby R.L. LaFevers, illustrated by Kelly Murphy9780547238678, $15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pub. Date: June 2010I'm so excited about this series! It's the perfect blend of text and pictures, adventure and fun, risk but happy endings.In this second book, Nathaniel and Aunt Phil (who's really a cousin), and of … Continue reading Book Review: Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book Two: The Basilisk’s Lair by R.L. LaFevers
Book Review: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta 9780763643614, $18.99, CandlewickI love Melina Marchetta's writing. As proof, I offer up my former post concerning (also by her) at my bookstore's blog here, as well as the fact that I read Jellicoe Road a couple of times a year and sob my way through it each time, … Continue reading Book Review: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Little, Brown and Company
All the way to number six in the Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights series is Little, Brown and Company!Overall, I have to confess there are more novels on this list I'm excited about than picturebooks, but these three did stand out for me (and I'll review the novels as I read them, promise!):Sit-In: How Four Friends … Continue reading Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Little, Brown and Company
Book Review: The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry
The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry, illustrated by Jules Feiffer 9780547238692, $16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pub. Date: April 2010 Though Princess Patricia Priscilla has everything she could ever want she is utterly bored. To escape her boredom, Princess Patricia Priscilla switches places with her chambermaid Tess, and becomes simple Pat, just another village child going … Continue reading Book Review: The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry
Book Review: Mistwood by Leah Cypess
Mistwoodby Leah Cypess9780061956997, $16.99, Greenwillow Books (Harper), Pub. Date: May 2010Isabel doesn't remember her life before they came for her. She was living in the forest, that much she knows, and apparently, not as a human. The new king (Rokan) and his brother (Will) found her there. The king's sister (Clarisse) does not approve. The … Continue reading Book Review: Mistwood by Leah Cypess
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