A blog entry featuring Eric Carle
I don’t regularly follow many blogs, but I do receive a weekly e-newsletter about the children’s book publishing industry. I…
Book Cover Controversy
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6672790.htmlFor people interested in this sort of thing, there is a controversy brewing over a book cover. In short, the…
Because I am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas, copyright 2009
Trapped in a masquerade of normalcy, Anke struggles to figure out her role in her dysfunctional family. She lives in…
The Year the Swallows Came Early, by Kathryn Fitzmaurice, copyright 2009
Writers and editors often talk about the importance of the first sentence and the first page. If a story doesn’t…
The Year the Swallows Came Early, by Kathryn Fitzmaurice, copyright 2009
Writers and editors often talk about the importance of the first sentence and the first page. If a story doesn’t…
Savvy by Ingrid Law, copyright 2008
Thirteenth birthdays in the Beaumont family are a big deal, though not for any of the usual reasons. When they…
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, copyright 2008
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Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham, copyright 2007
In this spare and beautifully-written novel in poems, Kelly Bingham captures the agony of loss and the triumph of the…
Peeled, by Joan Bauer, copyright 2008
Hildy Biddle is a teen with a nose for the truth, and there is a rotten apple in Banesville, New…
A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg, copyright 2008
Recently, my friend Anne Bustard recommended this book, not only because it’s well-written and an excellent story, but because she…
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