I’d always heard that Grimm’s Fairytales were much more gruesome than the popular Disney versions. I bought this book a while ago and finally picked it up to read. Its introduction is written my Maria Tatar, and it features the illustrations of Tracy Arah Dockray. The book itself is based on the stories told to […]
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Book Review: Behind the Headlines: The Story of American Newspapers by Thomas Fleming A part of the “Walker’s American History Series for Young People” series, this nonfiction book was published in 1989. I picked it up when I took over the newspaper at my high school in an effort to brush up on my […]
Subtitled “a novel in words and pictures,” this 530-page book is a fast read. Spoilers follow. The story follows a fictional boy named Hugo, who happens upon plans for fixing an automaton that was partially destroyed in a museum fire. In doing so, he gets into various troubles and discovers the automaton’s relationship to Georges […]
I received this book for free as part of a Kellogg’s cereal giveaway. There were several books to choose from, but I chose this one because I’d already read works by this author and was interested in how he’d write for a slightly younger readership. For me, this was a fast summer read, and I […]
I’m posting this a bit late, but I hope now to get back to my weekly book review feature on Mondays. Balancing a new baby with my writing, editing, and teaching work was tough. Now that the lil bug is a bit older (and nappier) and summertime has lightened my teaching load, I have more […]
I’d been meaning to read this book for a while now. Even though she’s too little to read yet, I’m weaving in more middle grade and young adult literature so that I can have some excellent recommendations for my daughter. I will be recommending Ella Enchanted. The story plays off of traditional fairy tales, but […]
I happened upon this book in a used book store. I had previously read the (now award-winning) blog of the same name and was excited to see there was now a book. It was there in the illustrated humor section, right next to The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes. The book is a quick […]
I enjoyed reading Knowlton’s first book, Dead of Autumn, and was excited to learn there is a sequel (and a third book coming soon). You can read my review of Dead of Autumn here. Now, for Dead of Summer: Synopsis (from the publisher) In a tale of suspense that travels from South-central Pennsylvania to Africa […]
I had read so many summaries of John Green novels written by my students that I wanted to choose a novel I didn’t know about. This is his first novel, and none of my students had ever reviewed it or spoiled it for me. Like Green’s other works, this is a young adult novel, a […]
After hearing so much about this book, I asked for it for Christmas, and it was the first new book I read this year. I read it a bit each morning while eating breakfast. When I begin reading books this way, I usually reach a point where I take them to bed with me and […]
