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In the Mail: fiction
on Oct 31, 2009 in In The Mail Fiction H. Terrell Griffin Stephen H. Foreman –> Watching Gideon by Stephen H. Foreman Kirkus Reviews A man heads west with his mute son in an ill-fated attempt to get lucky in both mining and love. Foreman (Toehold, 2007) takes as his hero Gideon, a young man born with a “lazy t...
Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell
on Oct 31, 2009 in Reviews Children's literature Chris Riddell Fiction young adult fiction For those of you keeping score at home, I have been exploring what you might call the graphic novel side of children’s and young adult literature. Works that are more than picture books; chapter books with a heavy visual aspect to them. The l...
Timothy and the Dragon’s Gate by Adrienne Kress
on Oct 23, 2009 in Reviews Adrienne Kress adventure fantasy Fiction young adult fiction Timothy and the Dragon’s Gate is an interesting take on a sequel. One that I confess I can’t recall reading before. It isn’t until nearly half-way into the book that the central character from Alex and the Ironic Gentleman enter...
Stonecutter by John J Muth
on Oct 22, 2009 in Reviews art Fiction folktales John J Muth I am a big fan of John J Muth . We have all of his Childrens books and love reading them (probably more than our kids do!). So when Stonecutter caught my eye at the library I quickly added it to the take home pile. In the style of Muth it is simp...
Alex and the Ironic Gentleman by Adrienne Kress
on Oct 21, 2009 in Reviews Adrienne Kress fantasy Fiction young adult fiction One of the drawbacks of the chaos of my life lately, is that I haven’t been able to participate in as many conversations about books and reading as I would like. I read far too few book/literary blogs and only catch a small sliver of Twitter...
In the Mail
on Oct 20, 2009 in In The Mail biogrpahy Michael Jackson non-fiction Shmuley Boteach Wednesday Martin –> Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do by Wednesday Martin Library Journal Martin has written an eye-opening book about the world of stepfamilies, with a focus on the stepmother. Her well-resea...