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Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at the Airport by Jason Barger
You wouldn’t know it from reading my blog but I used to pick up the occasional motivational book. Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at the Airport by Jason Barger has taken me back to a genre that I have regretfully le...
The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria
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...
Standing Still by Kelly Simmons
In Standing Still by Kelly Simmons, Claire trades in the life of a journalist for that of a stay-at-home mom. Late one night Claire hears a noise on the roof, goes upstairs and discovers an intruder in her daughters room trying to abduct her. Cla...
The Next Thing On My List by Jill Smolinksi (Come Share Your Life List!)
In The Next Thing On My List by Jill Smolinksi June Parker attends a Weight Watchers meeting that will change her life – but not how you would think. She gives a ride home to Marissa whom she’s only met for the first time that night. ...
Goodnight Goon, A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex
Goodnight Goon, A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex is a parody off of Goodnight Moon which I must admit we don’t have in this household nor is it a book that my kids are familiar with. In fact, I think I’ve looked at Goodnight Moo...
Where’s My Mummy by Carolyn Crimi, Illustrated by John Manders
I am SO buying Where’s My Mummy by Carolyn Crimi and illustrated by John Manders. I’m going to be really sad to see it returned to the library because my boys and I have been reading this one every day for two weeks. My little two-yea...
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
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 ...
Feathered by Laura Kasischke
Feathered by Laura Kasischke is the story of two high school seniors, Michelle and Anne, who with their parents blessing and trust are about to head off to amazing Cancun, Mexico for a spring break like no other. They’re not dumb though. Th...
I Know It’s Over by C.K Kelly Martin
I Know It’s Over by C.K Kelly Martin is an unusual book in the sense that it’s written by a woman and is about teen pregnancy, but is told from the point of view of the guy, not the girl. One doesn’t often hear the guy’s sid...
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
I love Harry Potter. I do. I’ve only read the series once and listened to them once (I think I’m in love with Jim Dale too) but I am looking forward to the day when I can reread the entire series. And I LOVE the movies. I think th...
Always by Ann Stott, Illustrated by Matt Phelan
I didn’t think I would post anything today, but here I am. Almost 10 pm on a Friday night. How’s that for my social life? I just about had it with my two boys today. My littlest isn’t feeling 100% and my three year old tried...
There’s a Wolf at the Door: Five Classic Tales Retold by Zoe B. Alley, Illustrated by R.W. Alley
There’s a Wolf at the Door: Five Classic Tales Retold by Zoe B. Alley and illustrated by R.W. Alley is the cutest little graphic novel. Okay, I lie. The book is something like 12×18 inches. Huge. I call it little because it’s...
Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories by Deborah Ellis
After discovering Deborah Ellis after reading The Breadwinner series, I soon realized that I wanted to read everything that she’s written. I’ve got a ways to go. This prolific author has more than a dozen books under her belt. Lunch...
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is one of those breakout novels that if you haven’t heard of it yet then you are missing out. It’s seriously worthy of all the buzz that it’s getting. I borrowed The Hunger Games from Steph at...
Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki, Illustrated by Steve Rolston
Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Rolston is this years Young Adult Graphic Novel Cybils winner. I’ll readily admit that I’m not well read in the graphic novel genre but I thought this book was really cute. I don’t thin...
Jellaby by Kean Soo
I read Jellaby, written and illustrated by Kean Soo, for my Children’s Literature Book Club in which we were reading titles for this past year’s Cybils; Jellaby was shortlisted in the elementary/middle grade fiction graphic novel category...
Chiggers by Hope Larson
Chiggers by Hope Larson is a graphic novel geared for the young adult crowd and in all actuality, I don’t have much to say about it, so this will be a pretty short review. Chiggers is about a group of girls who go to summer camp. It’s t...
Longhorns and Outlaws by Linda Aksomitis
I’m on tour today with Linda Aksomitis’s newest book, Longhorns and Outlaws, a great historical fiction western middle grade novel. Recent immigrants from the Netherlands, Lucas is just getting used to living in a new country, when his pa...
