Review of The Orphaned Adult, by Alexander Levy
The Orphaned Adult Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents by Alexander Levy Perseus Books, 1999. 190 pages. Starred Review Review written February 8,…
The Orphaned Adult Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents by Alexander Levy Perseus Books, 1999. 190 pages. Starred Review Review written February 8,…
Baby Monkey, Private Eye story by Brian Selznick and David Serlin pictures by Brian Selznick Scholastic Press, 2018. 192 pages. Starred Review Review written March 5, 2018, from a library…
I DID IT! Tonight I finally finished posting the reviews I’d written in 2016 and 2017. When I started reading books for the 2019 Newbery Medal (children’s books written in…
Trees Up Close The Beauty of Bark, Leaves, Flowers, and Seeds by Nancy Ross Hugo photographs by Robert Llewellyn Timber Press, Portland, 2014. 200 pages. Starred Review 2014 Sonderbooks Stand-out,…
Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac 365 days of history, holidays, and events 365 great children’s books — one for every day of the year by Anita Silvey Roaring Brook Press, New York,…
Today I just had to join in on this week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted at The Broke and the Bookish. Because, Aaaargh, buying books I desperately want to read —…
It’s that time of year! School Library Journal’s Battle of the Books is starting up! (I keep hearing this rumbling that other tournaments happen in March, but I’ve never heard…
I’ve been posting features about authors with 2012 Sonderbooks Stand-outs who had Stand-outs in previous years. I’ve already covered Shannon Hale and Sherwood Smith, so next up is Jasper Fforde,…
Traveling With Pomegranates A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor Viking, 2009. 282 pages. Starred Review 2012 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #1 Biography Sue Monk Kidd does meditative…
I missed it! I was in the hospital dealing with the minor problem of a stroke, and I let my TEN year anniversary of starting Sonderbooks slide right by! Sonderbooks…