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The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets: An Enola Holmes Mystery By Nancy Springer Philomel (a division of Penguin) $14.99 ISBN: 978-0-399-24518-3 Ages 9-15 On shelves January 31, 2008 Sweet god, how I love these books! Sorry. That’s not something a professional reviewer should start off by saying is it? I should probably be coy about […]
Woolbur By Leslie Helakoski Illustrated by Lee Harper Harper Collins $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-06-084726-5 Ages 4-8 On shelves now When you grow up as the daughter of a fiber artist (spinning, knitting, weaving, etc.) there are certain things you learn about wool. You know how the tiny fibers hook into one another, making them easy to […]
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball By Kadir Nelson Foreword by Hank Aaron Jump at the Sun (Hyperion imprint) $18.99 ISBN: 978-0786808328 Ages 8 and up On shelves now Nope. Sorry. Not fair. Kadir Nelson, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you’ve completely overdrawn your account […]
The Willoughbys By Lois Lowry Walter Lorraine Books – Houghton Mifflin $16.00 ISBN: 978-0-618-97974-5 Ages 7-12 On shelves March 31st. Ever pick up a book by a beloved author and find that you have to keep remembering that they wrote the book in your hands? I sure have. Sometimes a writer likes to do something […]
Little Hoot By Amy Krouse Rosenthal Illustrated by Jen Corace Chronicle Books for Young Readers $12.99 ISBN: 978-0-8118-6023-9 Ages 4-8 On shelves now If a children’s book author were to sit down one day and think, "I’m going to write a bedtime story," there’s a possibility that they find themselves in a bit of a […]
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie Art by Ellen Forney Little Brown & Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-01368-0 Ages 15 and up On shelves now I asked you what my final 2007 review should be. You voted. And that winner turned out to be this book. It probably doesn’t need the […]
Medusa Jones By Ross Collins Arthur A. Levine (Scholastic imprint) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0439901000 Ages 7-11 On shelves now I read a lot of “meaningful” books without wanting to. When you review books for children there’s a sort of assumption that if you want to be familiar with the cream of the yearly crop then you […]
There’s Nothing to do on Mars By Chris Gall Little Brown and Company $16.99 ISBN: 978-0316166843 Ages 4-8 On shelves February 1st. There’s something about space that hits adult graphic designers deep in the nostalgia gut. Maybe it’s a remnant of the Sixties or a kitschy awe of all things simultaneously futuristic and retro, but […]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules By Jeff Kinney Amulet Books (an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) $12.95 ISBN: 978-0810994737 Ages 7 and up (seriously!) On shelves January 15th With this review I pull into sharp focus the essential difference that lies between a professional reviewer and a doofus like myself who throws […]
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) […]