Review of A Phoenix First Must Burn, edited by Patrice Caldwell
A Phoenix First Must Burn Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope edited by Patrice Caldwell Viking, 2020. 354 pages. Review written December 7, 2020, from a library…
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Review of When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed color by Iman Geddy Dial Books for Young Readers, 2020. 264 pages. Review written August 4, 2020, from a library…
Review of My Plain Jane, by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows HarperTeen, 2018. 450 pages. Starred Review Review written July 1, 2018, based on a library book. 2018 Sonderbooks Stand-out:…
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,…
Review of Baby Monkey, Private Eye, by Brian Selznick and David Serlin
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…
Newbery Notes – Catching up my Reviews
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…
Review of Trees Up Close, by Nancy Ross Hugo and Robert Llewellyn
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,…
Review of Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac, by Anita Silvey
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,…
Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Books I HAD to Buy…But Are Sitting on My Shelf Unread
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 —…
SLJ BoB is Here!
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…