Recent Posts Tagged With 'a-d title'

• A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker, Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 02:58 in fiction, book reviews, picture & board books, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  When I last  reviewed A Visitor for Bear and interviewed the author, I was ecstatic to know that there were more books about Bear and Mouse in the works and A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker and illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton is one of those...

• Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld

  Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 01:18 in videos, fiction, book reviews, book trailer, picture & board books, published 2009, a-d title, i-l author, q-t author, cybils picture book nomination

  Okay folks.  Surely you’ve seen this book around haven’t you?  Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld.  I’d seen the cover before but had never taken the time to pick it up and so I was a tad excited when it wa...

• The Book That Eats People by John Perry, Illustrated by Mark Fearing

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 19:18 in fiction, book reviews, picture & board books, published 2009, a-d title, m-p author, cybils picture book nomination

  My boys LOVE LOVE LOVE this book.  The Book That Eats People by John Perry and illustrated by Mark Fearing is the book that they have been picking out of my huge stack of picture books all week.  We read it at least three times straight through the...

• Always My Brother by Jean Reagan and Illustrated by Phyllis Pollema-Cahill (with a giveaway)

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 10:36 in fiction, book reviews, review copy, picture & board books, utah author, published 2009, a-d title, q-t author

  Always My Brother by Jean Reagan and illustrated by Phyllis Pollema-Cahill is a very touching book and fills a need for books written for grieving children.  In this lovingly written story, Becky and her brother John do everything together.  Like r...

• The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 18:56 in fiction, book reviews, picture & board books, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author, cybils picture book nomination

  The Curious Garden by Peter Brown had me in love as soon as I laid my eyes on it.   See, my other love is gardening.  If I wasn’t blogging about books than I probably would be blogging about gardening.  I’m not a pro by any means but I...

• The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 10:24 in book reviews, book club, nonfiction, picture books, published 2008, children's literature book club selection, a-d title, e-h author, a-d author

  What is it like to experience colors if you are blind?  This is the question that The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria asks and attempts to answer.  This book of colors is lacking in the color department and that’s a goo...

• All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, Illustrated by Marla Frazee

  Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 10:24 in fiction, book reviews, picture & board books, published 2009, a-d title, q-t author, cybils picture book nomination

  How can I not love All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon when it’s illustrated by Marla Frazee? I adore Frazee.  And All the World is no exception.  How does Frazee do it?  I discovered Frazee last year (links to other reviews at end of post)...

• Dear Vampa by Ross Collins

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 00:18 in fiction, book reviews, halloween, picture & board books, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  Dear Vampa by Ross Collins is such a cute Halloween book although I admit that I didn’t think so on first impressions from thumbing through it.  Once I sat down and read it, I thought it was fun. The Pires, who live in Pennsylvania aren’...

• Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 06:22 in india, fiction, book reviews, young adult, published 2008, a-d title, u-z author

  I had no idea what Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman was about when I put it on hold at the library.  It was chosen for my Children’s Literature Book Club (we were reading all Beehive Award nominees) and being the dutiful member that I ...

• Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 06:00 in fiction, book reviews, autism, middle readers, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  How could I resist a book like Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin with a cover like that?  As soon as I saw this book on display at my local library I snatched it right up.  Didn’t even read the back cover or anything.  I just knew ...

• Benny the Baffled Behemoth by Melissa Leembruggen, Illustrated by Trish McKinney

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 02:47 in africa, book reviews, book lists, review copy, published 2009, picture & board books, a-d title, i-l author

  What in the world is a behemoth?  From Job 40:15 in the Bible, “Look at the land beast, Behemoth.  I created him as well as you . . . “  In addition to an animal being described in the Bible it also means something large in size or pow...

• Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 13:23 in fiction, book reviews, newbery, middle readers, a-d title, q-t author, published 1940's

  Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry is the 1940 Newbery Medal winner.  Set in the Polynesian Islands before the traders and missionaries first came to the South Seas, it is the story of Mafatu who is known as The Boy Who Was Afraid.  What was it th...

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 01:59 in fiction, book reviews, banned, book to movie, middle readers, photos of my family, a-d title, a-d author, published 1970's

  I grew up not reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl but rather watching the Gene Wilder movie.  I loved it!  I watched it over and over.   When they announced the new movie directed by Tim Burton and starring Johny Depp you can&#...

• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Again Not Really a Review – But Rather Me Geeking Out On Release Day!) & Where You Can Win a Copy with Much Swag

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 09:16 in fiction, book reviews, young adult, dystopian, review copy, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  Today is the day!!  Catching Fire is in a bookstore near you!  How exciting!  I feel like there should be confetti and much fanfare.  I was fortunate enough to read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins nearly three months ago and it is the book that ...

• Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking and Other Natural Disasters by Lenore Look

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 21:24 in fiction, book reviews, middle readers, published 2009, a-d title, i-l author

  In my review of Alvin Ho:  Allergic to Girls, Schools, and Other Scary Things I said that the book was perfect in every way.  That I wanted to give it a little hug. Naturally, I couldn’t wait for it’s sequel Alvin Ho: Allergic to Campin...

• Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 02:37 in fiction, book reviews, young adult, sexual abuse, free verse novel, published 2009, a-d title, a-d author

  I can’t help myself.  Since discovering free-verse novels, I am completely in love with the genre.  Despite the fact that the subject matter of Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas is one that literally makes you sick to your stomach, it&...

• Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 10:23 in videos, fiction, book reviews, book trailers, review copy, middle readers, published 2009, a-d title, q-t author

  In full honesty and transparency I was a little excited to receive Dork Diaries: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell for review.  This author certainly knows how to promote herself.  First the book arrived in a box, not an env...

• A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 09:52 in fiction, adult, Sri Lanka, book reviews, blog tour, review copy, tlc book tour, a-d title, a-d author

  A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman is a story of women,  servitude, love and betrayal, desire, class, prejudice, fate, tragedy, the human spirit and how entire families can change course with just one decision. Two stories are told in this book.  One...

• The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale (and Shannon Singing . . . Karaoke?!)

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 06:30 in fiction, adult, book reviews, utah author, published 2009, lds author, a-d title, e-h author

  “It’s not what I expected.” That’s the first response I keep hearing from readers of the actor and the housewife. I wondered if the title or jacket was misleading, or the jacket text. Or all. They may be. But as I’ve lis...

• The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 06:30 in india, fiction, adult, book reviews, sexual abuse, review copy, published 2009, a-d title, i-l author

  The Blue Notebook,  James A. Levine ’s debut novel, is about child prostitution in India.  It’s a book that I knew going into would be an emotionally hard and difficult read and I wasn’t wrong.  It’s haunting.   It’s...

• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (a preview of sorts)

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 06:00 in videos, fiction, book reviews, young adult, book trailers, dystopian, a-d title, a-d author

  Do you know how many people will not be able to resist making a pun of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and say that the book is catching fire?  Well, include me in that bunch because it’s true.  I’m not writing up a full review because...

• The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams: A Review, a Reading, and a Signed ARC Giveaway!

  Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 06:00 in contests, videos, fiction, book reviews, young adult, Polygamy, author events, utah author, lds author, a-d title, u-z author

  The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams is a book that I have been wanting to get my greedy hands on as soon as I saw the first review for it.  Why?  Well, I’ll tell you why. One.  It’s YA.  I love YA.  Need I say more? Two.  It̵...