Lois Lowry’s award-winning YA novel The Giver has now been adapted into a graphic novel.
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird
March 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This faithful adaptation of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is an excellent companion to the original novel.
Review: ‘Grand Theft Horse’
February 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
More than just another horse story, ‘Grand Theft Horse’ is about one woman fighting the horse racing system for the right to train her horse humanely.
Review: Pandora’s Legacy
January 16, 2019 by Leave a Comment
‘Pandora’s Legacy’ puts a new spin on the legend of Pandora’s box and sets it in modern times, making this a good pick for fans of Rick Riordan’s ‘The Lightning Thief.’
Review: ‘The Cardboard Kingdom’
January 3, 2019 by Leave a Comment
“Give a kid a cardboard box….” You’ll often hear parents quip that their child was more interested in the box rather than the new toy. And I know when my groceries are delivered in cardboard boxes, my kids beg me to keep it around. It becomes a house, a bus, and anything their imagination allows. Chad Sell and his many collaborators use this concept to create a rich story about a group of neighborhood kids that allows their imagination and ours to soar.
Review: ‘The Hidden Witch’
December 19, 2018 by 1 Comment
The sequel to Witch Boy is an even stronger and more nuanced story.
Review: ‘Crush’
December 10, 2018 by 3 Comments
This is my 17th year in middle school. Sure, I should probably graduate, but I do like the age a lot. It makes work exciting most days. When I read certain books, I just feel like the author (artist) has captured what goes on in a given day. The Berrybrook Middle School series just gets […]
Review: ‘Estranged’
December 3, 2018 by 1 Comment
Though I was never an avid fantasy reader growing up, I was well versed enough in fairy tales and mythology to know the basics about changelings: Fairies disguise their own child as human and exchange it for a human child. Why? Estranged tackles that question and offers a powerful statement on what makes a family […]
Review: Snails Are Just My Speed!
November 14, 2018 by Leave a Comment
True story: When my son was in first or second grade, I gave him Kevin McCloskey’s The Real Poop on Pigeons and my son refused to believe that he was reading a nonfiction title. McCloskey has a knack for showing interesting tidbits to make a topic come alive in a wacky sort of way. He […]
Review: ‘Hey, Kiddo’
November 5, 2018 by Leave a Comment
One of my favorite questions that I get from my students, aside from “Did you read every book in this library?” is “What’s your favorite book?” It’s a hard question to answer, because it does change from book to book. And I tell them that. But I do tell them that there are only a […]
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