KidLitCon 2011
I spent last weekend in Seattle at KidLitCon and had a fabulous time! KidLitCon is an annual gathering of bloggers who specialize in children’s books. I went when it was…
I spent last weekend in Seattle at KidLitCon and had a fabulous time! KidLitCon is an annual gathering of bloggers who specialize in children’s books. I went when it was…
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier Book One of the Sevenwaters Trilogy TOR Fantasy, New York, 2000 554 pages. Starred Review A huge thank-you to my sister Marcy, who…
I’ve given you the play-by-play. Here’s my wrap-up of the splendid time I had at ALA Annual Conference, with the posts all in order. Here’s what I came home with…
Chime by Franny Billingsley Dial Books, 2011. 361 pages. Starred Review Full disclosure: I consider the author, Franny Billingsley, a friend, because we attended the same fabulous writers’ conference in…
Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2010. 278 pages. Toads and Diamonds is a beautiful twist on the Charles Perrault fairy tale, with the…
Violet Wings by Victoria Hanley Egmont USA, New York, 2009. 357 pages. The story Zaria tells about her life reads like that of a normal teenager ready to try her…
Truce by Jim Murphy Scholastic Press, New York, 2009. 116 pages. Starred Review Jim Murphy’s book is an excellent introduction to World War I. With photographs and maps, and quotations…
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake Amy Einhorn Books (Penguin), New York, 2010. 326 pages. Starred Review I had the library book of The Postmistress actually sitting on my bedside table…
Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York, 2010. 415 pages. Starred Review When I met Diana Peterfreund, author of Rampant and…
The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan drawings by Peter Sis Scholastic Press, New York, 2010. 372 pages. Starred Review Sonderbooks Stand-out 2010: #5 Children’s Fiction 2011 Pura Belpre Author Award…