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It’s the happiest time of the year! We started the Golden Fuse Awards last year and I see no reason not to do ’em again! So here they be. Awards that no one else will be giving out: BEST COVER OF THE YEAR THE WINNER: How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor – A […]
As you will see, my list is faulty because I don’t see half as many poetry and non-fiction titles as I should. Still, I sacrificed a lot of blood and sweat and tears to winnow these titles down. If you don’t see your favorite, rest assured that it was the very very last book I […]
Tick …. tick …. tick …. tick …. Time is running out. I’ve a shelf of books I’ve read and no time to review them all before the turn of the year renders them moot! So let’s consider today to be a day of reviewing, reviewing, reviewing and we’ll see how many I can do […]
Red Moon at Sharpsburg By Rosemary Wells Viking (Penguin imprint) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0670036387 Ages 9 and up On shelves now As a child I wasn’t a fan of historical fiction. Or, at least, I didn’t think I was a fan. Truth be told I didn’t read many titles in that genre (embarrassing Sunfire Romances aside) […]
The Mine-o-saur By Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Illustrated by David Clark Putnam Juvenile (Penguin imprint) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0399246425 Ages 4-8 On shelves now Books with a message are the most frightening kind of picture book on the planet. They can go real bad, real preachy, and real ugly real fast. Self-published authors love `em. So too do […]
Louisiana’s Song By Kerry Madden Viking (Penguin imprint) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-670-06153-2 Ages 9-12 On shelves now Here’s my general rule regarding sequels: If you can pick it up and read it through without knowing one teeny tiny detail about the previous book (and I am including the author’s name in that statement) and still feel […]
Four Legs Bad, Two Legs Good! By D.B. Johnson Houghton Mifflin $16.00 ISBN: 978-0618809097 Ages 4-8 On shelves now I remember the first time I saw this book. It was at an American Libraries Association meeting and I was strolling leisurely through the Houghton Mifflin booth on the convention floor. The order in which I […]
I was on vacation until recently (cat and niece are well, thank you) and so my abundant videos are not necessarily on hand. Still, there were a couple links I discovered mere moments before taking off in that jet plane. This first one comes from Children’s Illustration and it is an ideal video to watch […]
Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry Land Boats By Jeffrey Kluger Illustrations by David Elliot Philomel (Penguin imprint) $18.99 ISBN: 978-0399246043 Ages: ???? On shelves now As a children’s librarian who reviews a book or two on the side, I’ve seen my fair share of new titles. And the one thing I almost […]
If you guys got the Special Double Issue of the December 28 – January 4th Entertainment Weekly (and really, who didn’t?) then turn to page 70. It’s the "Celebrity Must List" where famous people talk about the things they like. And look! Isn’t that Julia Roberts? What’s on her "must list"? Could it be . […]