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The Leave it to Chance Trilogy is the first set of books I set out to read for my summer reading challenge. It’s been languishing on my library shelves, though I know that it came highly recommended. Now that I’ve finally picked up these oversized volumes, I can’t wait to go back in the Fall […]
I love to cook. My new found love started sometime between the time I got married, when I realized my husband is a very appreciative eater and the time my mother was hospitalized for a short time and we passed the hours watching cooking shows together. So when I first spotted the Manga Cookbook I […]
One of the most anticipated sequels in my library was Jellaby: Monster in the City. I lost count of how many times students would come asking for a sequel. Some of my frequent flyers would ask when the next book was coming out two or three times a month. While hearing the same question over […]
To be honest, I read this title a while ago, and set it aside to review for when I was caught up with my life. And while I’m still catching up, I actually felt compelled to finally put up this review after watching my 8-year-old niece read this aloud to her 6-year-old sister. My one […]
Sometimes it’s hard for an adult to read a story for children and enjoy it for what it is. Just a story for children. On first read, adults reading The Big Adventures of Majoko might just shrug their shoulders wondering where is the complexity in this story or the oomph, but upon a second read […]
Sometimes it’s hard to pull off a particular style when writing for kids. Are the kids going to get it? Will they understand the nuances of word choice, the significance of color schemes, the jokes? Aaron Reynolds and Neil Numberman take film noir, apply some schtick, and make what can be a dry sub-genre work […]
One of the pivotal battles of the Civil war was the battle of Gettysburg. C.M. Butzer attempts at making the battle and Lincoln’s speech come alive for upper elementary school readers. While the actual battle itself only makes a small appearance, the events surrounding it and the explanation of why this was such an important […]
One of the most popular sections in my library, aside from the graphic novels, is books on drawing. It’s often that a student comes up to me and says they’re writing/drawing their own comic. These students request books on how to draw and how to write comics. And while Jessica Abel and Matt Maden’s Drawing […]
I know this may come as a shock to some of you, but Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers isn’t real. I’m sorry. But what if it was? What if the TV show was really a documentary and everything you saw on the screen had actually taken place, complete with weird aliens, space ships, and cool costumes? […]
When I unpacked my order a couple of months back and saw “The War at Ellsmere,” I was sure I had ordered the title by accident or that the vendor had sent me the wrong title. I couldn’t recall even hearing about the title, let alone being interested enough in the description to order it […]
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