Sorry, all, for the long hiatus, and for leaving you with urban fantasy mass markets as the last few posts. I've been reading up a storm in the non-urban-fantasy part of the adult market (okay, and a few U.F. in there, too) and finally have made the time to sit down and tell you about … Continue reading Book Review: Keys to the City by Joel Kostman
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Book Review: Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf, illustrated Robert Lawson
Wee Gillisby Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson0440845947, A Special Trumpet Edition (Penguin), © 1938, renewed © 1966 (OP)9781590172063, New York Review of Books (Random House), $15.95I found this book in a flea market in Madison, IN. Loving the Munro Leaf/Robert Lawsom combo (and the $1 price tag), I picked it up and read it … Continue reading Book Review: Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf, illustrated Robert Lawson
Book Review: Matched
Matched by Ally Condie9780525423645, $17.99, Dutton Books (Penguin), Pub. Date: November 2010 Matched was fascinating. It had a slow start, but kept me intrigued, and gathered momentum until I was reading at full gallop toward the end of the first book of what is obviously a new series.Cassia Maria Reyes lives in the Society: a perfect futuristic … Continue reading Book Review: Matched
Book Review: On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance by Manisha Thakor & Sharon Kedar
This post was originally published here in May 2008. It has been edited from its original version.On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl's Guide to Personal Finance by Manisha Thakor and Sharon Kedar 9781598691245, Adams Media Corporation, $12.95On My Own Two Feet is knock-your-socks, stockings, or stiletto high heels -off enjoyable! This book is amazing for … Continue reading Book Review: On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance by Manisha Thakor & Sharon Kedar
Book Review: Nice to Come Home To by Rebecca Flowers
Nice to Come Home Toby Rebecca Flowers9781594483561, Riverhead Books (Penguin Putnam), $15 This post was originally published here in May 2008. It has been edited from the original version. Keeping up with all the great new children's books out there hasn't left me much spare time to sit down with something more appropriate for my … Continue reading Book Review: Nice to Come Home To by Rebecca Flowers
Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Penguin Young Readers Group
Presenting the final (I think) installment of the Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights series: Penguin Young Readers Group!Name That Dog!by Peggy Archer, illustrated by Stephanie Buscema9780803733220, $16.99, Pub. Date: May 2010Adorable illustrations show the character and personality of each dog described in this alphabetical set of poems.Ladybug Girl at the Beachby David Soman and Jacky Davis, … Continue reading Summer 2010 Picturebook Highlights – Penguin Young Readers Group
Ode to Stephen Gammell
Author and illustrator Stephen Gammell's work is known in two very different veins: sassy, whimsical picturebook illustrator and nightmare-inducing, horror illustrator.My first introduction to his work was through his Caldecott Award winning book Song and Dance Man (9780679819950, Random House, $6.99). I loved having my parents read the story to me, but it was for … Continue reading Ode to Stephen Gammell
Book Review: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller9781595143082, Penguin, $18.99, Pub. Date: August 2010I admit I don't tend to like lovey-dovey YA, but Haven's voice, and that of her gay best friend Beau, kept me hanging in there. As did the unique premise –love as the cause for reincarnation.Haven Moore lives in Tennessee but can describe New … Continue reading Book Review: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller
Pioneer Valley Children’s Book Exhibit
For those folks living in, around, near, or feel like traveling to the Pioneer Valley in Western Mass (an area consisting of towns such as Amherst, Northampton, & South Hadley), a traveling area picturebook exhibit is making its final stop.The Making of a Picture Book: The Marriage of Text and Art is an exhibit curated … Continue reading Pioneer Valley Children’s Book Exhibit
National Poetry Month: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
As spring so often brings a little rain into our lives, I thought I'd share my favorite rain poem with you. In particular the last line is something I often repeat to myself. The Rainy DayThe day is cold, and dark, and dreary;It rains, and the wind is never weary;The vine still clings to the … Continue reading National Poetry Month: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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