In the last few months, I’ve had the pleasure of reading a handful of young adult and children’s graphic novels. Here is a rundown of those titles, featuring the latest from Faith Erin Hicks, a standout from Benjamin Renner, as well as a look at cartoonist and illustrator’s Liz Climo’s latest collection! The Divided Earth (The Nameless City #3) by […]
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, illus. Jackie Morris Source: Hardcopy courtesy of House of Anansi Press. Thank you! Publication: October 2, 2018 by Anansi International, House of Anansi Press. Book Description: In 2007, when a new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary — widely used in schools around the world — was published, a sharp-eyed reader soon noticed that […]
What’s that? Puffin Plated and The Golden Girls? Are you wondering what I’m talking about? Well, this picture-heavy post is all about books perfect for the upcoming holiday and Christmas season- specifically about three great new books from the kind folks at Penguin Random House Canada. Puffin Plated is a new series of beautiful “deluxe, full-color, illustrated editions of classic […]
Hope everyone is having a wonderful, safe and lovely holiday season, whatever your celebrations may be! I am rather late in posting this, but I wanted to get in my 2017 reading highlights before the end of the year. In no particular order, here are my book selections for part one, hope you enjoy! Children’s Fiction/Middle Grade: The Goat […]
Review: The Dead Inside: A True Story by Cyndy Etler Source: ARC courtesy of Raincoast Books Publication: April 4, 2017 by Sourcebooks Book Description: For readers of Girl Interrupted and Tweak, Cyndy Etler’s gripping memoir gives readers a glimpse into the harrowing reality of her sixteen months in the notorious tough love program the ACLU called “a concentration camp for […]
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I have not been doing a great job with keeping up and participating, but I have been inspired this week’s topic: the most unique books we’ve read! With the caveat that I have probably/most likely missed a number of unique […]
Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I have not been doing a great job (at all!) keeping up and participating, but I have been inspired this week! Now, this week is actually a freebie week, so I thought I’d focus on titles recently added to my […]
Welcome to one of the stops on the Raincoast Books blog tour for Kwame Alexander‘s latest, The Playbook! Read on for my thoughts on the book as well as a special excerpt from the book! The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life by Kwame Alexander, photos by Thai Neave Source: ARC courtesy of […]
Now it’s time for part two of my ‘Best of 2016’ reads: this post’s focus is all about young adult and adult fiction. I feel that, while my reading year was overwhelmingly picture books and middle grade lit, there was so much depth and matter in the contained selection of YA and adult fiction I had the chance to read. […]
Review: Molly and the Bear by Bob Scott Source: Hardcopy courtesy of the author and publisher. Thank you! Publication: March 8, 2016 by Cameron + Company Book Description: It can be tough on a family when someone new has moved in, especially if it’s a 900-pound scaredy-bear so terrified of wilderness life that he’s fled to the burbs. Fortunately Bear […]
