EL DEAFO by Cece Bell (Abrams, 2014). This has been on my To Read pile for a while, and I finished it on the weekend. TOTALLY lives up to all the hype. I’ve been a fan of autobiographical comics for a while (thanks to Rand Bellavia) and have become especially intrigued by graphic . . .
KOALA HOSPITAL Written and photographed by Suzi Eszterhas Launches from Owlkids Books on Oct. 15, 2015Juvenile: Age (years) from 7 – 10, Grade (CAN) from 2 – 5, Grade (US) from 2 – 5ISBN-10: 1771471409 – ISBN-13: 978-1771471404 I picked up the f&gs for KOALA HOSPITAL at ALA at the . . .
Appropriately enough, I began and finished Kevin Sylvester‘s MiNRS underground. It was soOooOooOOoo good that I missed my subway stop. Twice. MiNRS is Kevin’s upcoming action-adventure sf book for middle grade … though honestly, I believe older readers will enjoy it as well. The premise: A 12-year-old boy and his friends have to . . .
(Updated April 17, 2017, plus check reader comments) The quandary: You want to support someone’s new book and as much as you’d like to buy it, you can’t. Perhaps you can’t justify the cost of the new book right now. Perhaps your author friend is prolific and has multiple books . . .
FAMILIES, FAMILIES, FAMILIES! by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang is a wonderful celebration of family love, no matter what the size or type. Adorable and goofy family portraits included nontraditional as well as traditional families. Published by Random House Children’s Books this year. Suzanne produces, develops and writes for children’s television. Max codirected the film . . .
One of my favourite recent reads is THE BLACKTHORN KEY, a debut novel from Kevin Sands, coming out from Aladdin/Simon & Schuster this September. Wow. Really, REALLY loved this. When people ask me for recommendations for good, new middle grade novels, I will not hesitate to list this book. It’s a . . .
THE YO-YO PROPHET Author: Karen Krossing Publisher: Orca Book Publishers For ages 12+ After reading THE YO-YO PROPHET by Karen Krossing (Orca Books), I was inspired to do my Daily Doodle with a book theme (see above). I also got curious about yo-yos and looked up yo-yo competitions online. Wow, . . .