Each week during her Fall Reading Challenge (and the Spring one, too), Katrina at Callapidder Days asks a question about reading. She gives her answer and invites others to answer on their own blogs or in the comments. This week’s prompt was Share a special memory relating to books or reading — something you’ll never…
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Real, with Giveaway
Real – The Book from David Malcolm on Vimeo. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. This book exemplifies that, with a half page picture accompanied by a two columns of text. This video is worth much more than that, and trumps anything that I could say about Shelley Malcom and Terilee…
Dog Stories
Kids and adults alike are drawn to stories about man’s best friend. This selection of Cybils Middle Grade Fiction nominees will reach a wide range of ages and interests. Though I am a Round I panelist in this Middle Grade fiction category for the Cybils, my opinions are solely my own and are not meant…
We Bought a Zoo: Books on Screen, with Giveaway
I’ve been a fan of memoir for a while. I really liked the run of “project memoirs” I read like The Happiness Project and anything by A.J. Jacobs. But lately, I’ve read memoirs with a different theme. Stories like Running Away to Home deal with people who take risks by leaving everything familiar behind to…
If You Give a Dog a Donut
If You Give a Dog a Donut is the latest from the fabulous duo Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond. How did I miss this? They are true modern classics. I shared them with my daughter, now 13, and a couple of years ago, my now 7-year-old son ran right to the NUM section of the…
The Distant Hours
I spent many hours with The Distant Hours and enjoyed every minute of it. At 576 pages (and an audio running length of over 22 hours), Kate Morton is not short on words, and in fact, amidst all the positive reviews for her books, there are those who complain about how long-winded she is. Yet…
Bloodlines: A Time for War
Seeing “blood” and “war” in the title of a book immediately makes me think that it’s not the sort of book I’d want to read. But in this case, “Bloodlines” refers to the series that look at the different military careers of one particular fictitious family. A Time for War tells the story of PFC…
Cybils Middle Grade Fiction: Family Stories
These Cybils Middle Grade Fiction nominees all deal with families. These families might look like your own, or they might be quite different, but the dynamic plays out in a critical way to the plot of these novels, which are each different in tone as well. Calli Be Gold by Michele Weber Hurwitz I have…
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