Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King My rating: 5 of 5 stars Really amazing story. Voice, characters, plot, style - all of it just works and I could hardly put it down. Vera is such a strong, honest main character and her story is heartbreaking. You can feel everything she is going through. I … Continue reading YA Book Review
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YA Audiobook Review
Abandon by Meg Cabot My rating: 2 of 5 stars Slightly disappointed in Abandon. The premise is definitely a good idea and I would like to read the rest of the trilogy just to see what happens (and hope it gets a little bit better.) I wasn't crazy about the main character - I felt … Continue reading YA Audiobook Review
Picturebook Review
Ballywhinney Girl by Eve Bunting My rating: 4 of 5 stars I usually try to post about a picture book on Friday's for my blog, but this one is not so much a picture book as it is a story book with illustrations. I really enjoyed reading this and I think that I would have … Continue reading Picturebook Review
Corner: Anita Silvey discusses her Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac | ScrippsNews
If you haven't seen the Children's Book-a-Day Almanac by Anita Silvey you need to check it out! I was lucky enough to have Anita as a professor at Simmons and she is THE authority on Children's Literature. Read this great article below on Anita and the Almanac by Karen MacPherson and don't forget to look … Continue reading Corner: Anita Silvey discusses her Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac | ScrippsNews
Hunger Games!!!! (i.e. YA Book Review)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars You know, I was kind of worried about reading this again because it was just so amazing the first time. But enough time passed that I was a bit fuzzy on some of the details, so I had to re-read it before the … Continue reading Hunger Games!!!! (i.e. YA Book Review)
Picturebook Friday
Where's Walrus? by Stephen Savage My rating: 5 of 5 stars Really fun book! Stephen Savage uses bright, bold colors that really pop and simple lines to create some incredible illustrations for this wordless picture book. His use of negative white space and perspective gives the pictures depth without shading. It has a real retro … Continue reading Picturebook Friday
Valentine’s Day Story Time
So I was trying to find a good Valentine's craft that wasn't all pink or a card and I found the best thing on Pinterest (obviously!) In finding a great craft, I also discovered a book I had never heard of and in fact, found the best Valentine's Day story time ever. The image from … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Story Time
Picturebook Friday
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen Possibly, one of the best picturebooks I have seen in years. Truly. I was lucky enough to get an autographed copy of this book at BEA last year. And not an ARC. An Honest-to-Goodness hardcover copy - with an autograph!! Totally psyched. Still am, apparently. I … Continue reading Picturebook Friday
Young Adult Book Review
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green My rating: 5 of 5 stars Incredible. John Green has outdone himself. Honest, witty, poised and catastrophically beautiful. If only there were more stars to rate this book. View all my reviews
Picturebook Friday
So I grabbed this book off my shelf in my office this morning to do this week's Picturebook Friday post. And then I remembered that I had actually written a paper on this book in my History of Publishing class in grad school. Lo and behold....I still have it! Well, it wasn't really that long … Continue reading Picturebook Friday