Best Books of 2014
100 Magnificent Children’s Books 2014
If I’m going to be honest about it, this is a list I do every year strictly for myself. It sort of helps me get my head in order. Figure out what I liked. What I didn’t. What I reviewed. What I missed. I recommend you make your own sometime. The categories are from the […]
Betsy Regretsy: Books I Most Regret Not Reviewing in 2014
Babies. They just sorta throw the whole reviewing machine into a tizzy. When I first started blogging I was actually able to do a review a day. That was crazy. Then kiddo #1 was born and that slowed to 2-3 reviews a week. Manageable. This year (2014) kiddo #2 made his debut and now I […]
Review of the Day: Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman
Hansel and Gretel By Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Lorenzo Mattotti Candlewick $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-935179-62-7 Ages 6 and up When a successful writer of books for adults decides to traipse headlong into the world of children’s literature, the results are too often disastrous. From Donald Barthelme’s self-indulgent Slightly Irregular Fire Engine to the more recent, if […]
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Review of the Day: Neighborhood Sharks by Katherine Roy
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Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters By Oliver Jeffers Philomel (an imprint of Penguin) $26.99 ISBN: 978-0-399-16791-1 Ages 6 and up On shelves now Beware ever becoming a brand, my sweet, for that way lies nothing but unhappiness and ruin. Or not. I think the only real and true problem with […]
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Review of the Day: Water Rolls, Water Rises: El Agua Rueda, el Agua Sube by Pat Mora
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Review of the Day: Fox’s Garden by Princesse Camcam
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