Reviews
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Picture Book Reviews: What Cats Think & Triceratops Stomp
Welcome to another picture book review post! Today is all about creatures (very!) big and small. Courtesy of my friends at Pajama Press, I will be talking about two new titles: What Cats Think by Mies Van Hout, with text by John Spray; and Karen Patkau’s Triceratops Stomp. Enjoy! Now, watch me do… Read more
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Children’s Fiction Reviews: Weird Little Robots & Beverly, Right Here
More fabulous children’s lit to talk about, dear readers! On review today, I have the illustrated chapter book Weird Little Robots by Carolyn Crimi, with illustrations by Corinna Luyken, and book three in Kate DiCamillo’s Three Rancheros series called Beverly, Right Here. Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada and Candlewick Press…and, as ever, happy… Read more
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Reviews: The Clothesline by Orbie & The House at the End of the Road by Kari Rust
New kid’s books on the review docket! I have two lovely and wonderfully illustrated children’s titles here- from Canadian creators!- courtesy of OwlKids Books: Orbie’s The Clothesline and Kari Rust’s The House at the End of the Road. Happy reading! Author and illustrator Orbie hails from Quebec, and you may be familiar with the children’s… Read more
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Blog Tour Stop for Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House!
Welcome to one of the stops on the Raincoast Books blog tour for bestselling author Leigh Bardugo‘s debut- and eagerly anticipated!- adult fantasy novel, Ninth House. Read on for my thoughts on the novel, and please be sure to take a look at the postcard at the bottom of the post and check out the… Read more
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Review: A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa by Andrea D’Aquino
Review: A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa by Andrea D’Aquino Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: September 3, 2019 by Princeton Architectural Press Book Description: Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) was an influential and award-winning sculptor, a beloved figure in the Bay Area art world, and a devoted activist who… Read more
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Fairies versus Unicorns: Ashley Spires’ Fairy Science and Cale Atkinson’s Unicorns 101!
It’s decision time, dear readers! It’s come to a magical showdown between FAIRIES and UNICORNS! Let’s say that you’ve been asked to pick a team between fairies and unicorns…which would you choose?! Would you be Team Fairy or would you be Team Unicorn? It’s not an easy choice to make, but I have picture book… Read more
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Graphic Novel Review & Giveaway! Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell & Faith Erin Hicks
It’s time for a look at an excellent new, perfect-for-fall graphic novel as well as a giveaway! Read on for my thoughts on Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks’ Pumpkinheads as well as information on how to enter to win a copy of it! Thank you to my friends at Raincoast Books for generously providing… Read more
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Review: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Review: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Gallery Books, imprint of Simon & Schuster. Thank you! Publication: August 6, 2019 by Gallery/Scout Press. Book Description: When Rowan stumbles across an ad for a live-in nanny, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity… Read more
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Review: We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra
Review: We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: May 14, 2019 by Penguin Teen Canada/Penguin Random House Canada Book Description: When Walt Whitman fan Jonathan Hopkirk and football player Adam “Kurl” Kurlansky are partnered together in a weekly pen pal assignment, they don’t expect to… Read more
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Picture Book Reviews: A Stone Sat Still & Rabbit and the Motorbike
Reviews are here for two soon-to-be-released and eagerly anticipated picture books! Courtesy of my friends at Raincoast Books, I have the delight of talking about: Brendan Wenzel‘s A Stone Sat Still, and Rabbit and the Motorbike from Kate Hoefler and Sarah Jacoby. Happy reading! A stone sat still with the water, grass, and dirt and… Read more
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