MORE POSTS FROM AUGUST 2009
The Storm in the Barn By Matt Phelan Candlewick Press $24.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-3618-0 Ages 10 and up ARC from a fellow librarian. On shelves September 8th. Do Americans like to romanticize the past too much? Sometimes it feels that way. We keep idly wondering about those “simpler times” when the world felt slower and more […]
It means I am on vacation! Stratford, Ontario to be precise. I am off with the newly well husband to watch some Shakespeare, drink good wine, and soak up the feel of Canadians. I’ll also be searching out authors in the Stratford area to meet up with so if you’re in the area, let R.J. […]
I’m at the bookstore the other day browsing the aisles, fairly certain there wouldn’t be anything there to surprise me since my last visit. The middle grade fiction? Done it. The non-fiction (what little they stock) Fine. The picture books? Seen it, seen it, seen . . . . . it? Oh me, oh my, […]
Dani Noir By Nova Ren Suma Aladdin (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) $15.99 ISBN: 978-1-4169-9193-9 Ages 9-14 ARC provided by publisher On shelves September 22nd When a tragedy or change strikes a family, sometimes the kids will grasp at whatever sense of stability they can. Novels for youth may include foster children and the […]
Well shoot. This may well be the coolest thing I’ve seen all month. And it sounds so quaint at first. Author/artist Aaron Zenz has been posting on a blog the pictures his kids have been drawing for the last three years. Cute, right? But the man then goes and takes it to a whole new […]
All right, masses. Riddle me this. Can you think of a single picture book or middle grade novel that discusses, shows, or features a bris?
The Curious Garden By Peter Brown Little, Brown and Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-01547-9 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. They say that children’s books are inherently didactic. Particularly those of the picture book variety. There’s an idea that you can’t tell a story to a child without including some of your own personal values in the […]
Well, sure. I knew that there was a running series of Book Vs. Kindle YouTube videos out there. But my interest really wasn’t peaked until Daniel Handler / Lemony Snicket was tapped. Dude’s good, you have to grant him that. Pity they had to cast his part with Jude Law in the cinematic version of […]
All right, all right. Let me see if I have this straight. There was once an entire blog out there dedicated entirely to the notion of animals of different species acting like friends? In the light of books like Owen and Mzee and the like, it’s a pity it’s now defunct. Could have yielded many […]
Dragonbreath By Ursula Vernon Dial (a member of Penguin Group) $12.99 ISBN: 978-0-8037-3363-3 Ages 7-11 On shelves now. Blame Babymouse. Why not? Babymouse, for those of you unfamiliar with the series, is the hot pink infused graphic novel sensation that has boys and girls alike wrapped tightly up in the times and trials of a […]