http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/ A School Library Journal Blog Sat, 25 May 2013 04:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11611 LAURA LUTZ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:32:44 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11611 I've had the galley of this book for awhile, sitting at my desk...I'll move it up the ranks and read it sooner rather than later. All the awards talk lately has inspired me to read something bizarre, light, and fun! 8-) I’ve had the galley of this book for awhile, sitting at my desk…I’ll move it up the ranks and read it sooner rather than later. All the awards talk lately has inspired me to read something bizarre, light, and fun!

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11612 lindaurban Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:58:52 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11612 More thanks for reviewing a chapter book. I'm on the lookout for great ones and reviews for them are scarce. I'm going to the bookstore today and this one is coming home with me. More thanks for reviewing a chapter book. I’m on the lookout for great ones and reviews for them are scarce. I’m going to the bookstore today and this one is coming home with me.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11613 kibbitzer Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:40:44 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11613 Great review!! About the observation of multiple greek-myth books. I'd say we have to remember that when a book is published is not a clear indication of when it was written. The three books mentioned (for three different age groups) could have been written many years apart, or in the same month. Books with interior art tend to take longer to go from manuscript to bound book. Some books go through a longer editorial process. Etc. Great review!!
About the observation of multiple greek-myth books. I’d say we have to remember that when a book is published is not a clear indication of when it was written. The three books mentioned (for three different age groups) could have been written many years apart, or in the same month. Books with interior art tend to take longer to go from manuscript to bound book. Some books go through a longer editorial process. Etc.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11614 Fuse #8 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:00:41 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11614 Maybe we should call it the Lightning Thief Effect? Maybe we should call it the Lightning Thief Effect?

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11615 Alice Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:10:03 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11615 And of course there's the new middle-grade book, Dusssie, also about a gorgon named Medusa. I know Greek myths are in right now, but what's the chance that two different children's authors both wrote books about the same(ish) character in the same year? And of course there’s the new middle-grade book, Dusssie, also about a gorgon named Medusa. I know Greek myths are in right now, but what’s the chance that two different children’s authors both wrote books about the same(ish) character in the same year?

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11616 candice Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:22:35 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/01/08/review-of-the-day-medusa-jones/#comment-11616 I'm so glad you reviewed a chapter book. They get so little attention. When I first read your review, I thought it was another mid-grade novel. What a delight to discover such meaty stuff was ladled into a humorous chapter book! I’m so glad you reviewed a chapter book. They get so little attention. When I first read your review, I thought it was another mid-grade novel. What a delight to discover such meaty stuff was ladled into a humorous chapter book!

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