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  • Review: The Last Good Day of the Year by Jessica Warman

    Review: The Last Good Day of the Year by Jessica Warman Source: Digital galley courtesy of Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books. Thank you! Expected Publication: May 19, 2015 Verdict: Good Book Description: Ten years ago, seven-year-old Samantha and her next door neighbor Remy watched helplessly as Sam’s little sister was kidnapped. Later, Remy and Sam identified… Read more


    May 8, 2015

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    contemporary ya, good, jessica warman, mystery, reviews
  • Must Read Monday (4): Picture Books

    Welcome to the fourth edition of Must Read Monday! On Mondays I will spotlight some new and/or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This is the second week in a row I am… Read more


    May 4, 2015

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    Children’s
    biographical, biographical picture books, children’s non-fiction, christian robinson, christopher myers, e.e. cummings, emily jenkins, emma yarlett, informational picture book, kris di giacomo, matt de la pena, matthew burgess, matthew cordell, must read monday, philip c. stead, picture books, read alouds, sophie blackall, storytime
  • Review: Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert

    Review: Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert Source: Digital galley courtesy of Disney-Hyperion via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: May 19, 2015 Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: Ten years ago, God gave Braden a sign, a promise that his family wouldn’t fall apart the way he feared.But Braden got it wrong: his older brother, Trey, has… Read more


    May 1, 2015

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    contemporary ya, good, kelly loy gilbert, mystery, very good
  • Picture Book Review: This Is Sadie by Sara O’Leary & Julie Morstad

    Review: This Is Sadie by Sara O’Leary, illus. Julie Morstad Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books, imprint of Random House of Canada Limited, via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: May 12, 2015 Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Sadie is a little girl with a big imagination. She has been a girl who lived under the… Read more


    April 27, 2015

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    Children’s, Reviews
    canadian lit, excellent, julie morstad, picture books, read alouds, reviews, sara o’leary, storytime
  • Must Read Monday (3)- Picture Books

    Welcome to the third edition of Must Read Monday! On Mondays I will spotlight some new and/or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week I am featuring recently released or soon to… Read more


    April 26, 2015

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    Children’s
    children’s, daniel miyares, dev petty, helen hancocks, jon agee, matthew cordell, mike boldt, must read monday, patrick mcdonnell, picture books, read alouds, storytime, wordless picture books
  • Review: We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen

    Review: We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen Source: Digital galley courtesy of Tundra Books, imprint of Random House of Canada Limited, via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected Publication: Hardcover and Kindle edition, May 12, 2015 Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Thirteen-year-old Stewart Inkster is academically brilliant but “ungifted” socially. Fourteen-year-old Ashley Anderson is… Read more


    April 23, 2015

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    Children’s, Reviews, Young Adult
    canadian lit, children’s, contemporary ya, excellent, reviews, susin nielsen, very good
  • Must Read Monday (2)

    Welcome to the second edition of Must Read Monday! On Mondays I will spotlight some new and/or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! Dragons Beware! by Jorge Aguirre, illus. Rafael Rosado This is… Read more


    April 19, 2015

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    Children’s, Young Adult
    children’s, contemporary ya, graphic novels, jorge aguirre, must read monday, rafael rosado, sarah dessen
  • Review: The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman

    Review: The Fair Fight: A Novel by Anna Freeman Source: ARC courtesy of Goodreads First Reads and Penguin Canada. Thank you! Publication: April 14 2015 by Riverhead Books Verdict: Excellent Book Description: Moving from a filthy brothel to a fine manor house, from the world of street fighters to the world of champions, The Fair… Read more


    April 15, 2015

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    Adult Fiction, Reviews
    adult fiction, anna freeman, excellent, historical fiction, reviews
  • Must Read Monday (1): Sharon Cameron & Kimberly McCreight

    Welcome to the first (and hopefully not only) edition of Must Read Monday. On Mondays I will spotlight some new and/or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week I am featuring a… Read more


    April 12, 2015

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    Adult Fiction, Young Adult
    adult fiction, kimberly mccreight, must read monday, mystery, sharon cameron, Young Adult
  • Board Book Look (1): The Swing & Saffy and Ollie

    The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson, illus. Julie Morstad Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Simply Read Books. Thank you! Publication: November 5, 2012 by Simply Read Books Verdict: Excellent “How do you like to go up in a swing,    Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing    Ever a child… Read more


    April 10, 2015

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    Children’s, Reviews
    board book look, board books, children’s, excellent, julie morstad, paolo opal, poetry, read alouds, reviews, robert louis stevenson, simply read books
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