A Year of Reading

Countdown to Summer: A Poem for Every Day of the School Year by J. Patrick Lewis illustrated by Ethan Long Little, Brown Books for Young Rea...

14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy with collaborator Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez Peachtree Publishers, 2009 ...

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly, along with any number of other things. I have known this old lady since the early 1960's. I sti...

For those of you waiting for the sequel to SKELETON CREEK by Patrick Carman, the video premiere is up--loved it and can't wait for the ...

I have given myself permission these last few weeks to read adult fiction. I love children's books and my stack continues to grow. But ...

Vacation: We're Going to the Ocean by David L. Harrison illustrated by Rob Shepperton Wordsong (Boyds Mills Press), 2009 review copy pro...

One of the books I won in Elaine's drawings last spring during National Poetry Month was American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse , ...

Five Facts and a Mission: 1. She's the author of three collections of poetry: The Way a Door Closes , Keeping the Night Watch , and Mo...

Panorama: A Foldout Book by Fani Marceau illustrated by Joelle Jolivet (originally published in France in 2007) Abrams, 2009 The review copy...

I just picked up two books that connect to favorite nursery rhymes and fairy tales. EGG DROP is Mini Grey's newest book. This is a fun...