Marianne Daventry is incredibly lonely and dislikes the confines of the city. When an invitation arrives from her twin sister, Cecily, to join her at a sprawling country estate, she jumps at the chance to depart Bath. Thinking she’ll be able to relax and enjoy her beloved English countryside while her sister snags the handsome […]
Review | Crewel by Gennifer Albin
2013-03-01 · by ·
When Adelice’s parents discover she has the magical weaving gift that enables women to weave the fabric of reality, they do all in their power to train her to hide it. At age sixteen, all young women in Arras are tested for their weaving abilities. If the girls pass their tests, they are swept away […]
Review | Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
2013-02-28 · by ·
Clara Wintermute is fascinated by the stringed puppet show she sees performed on a street corner. She pleads with her father to hire the small show to be the entertainment for her birthday party. Despite his concerns about the dirty, lower-class, expert puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, he consents. Clara is excited to meet the two orphaned […]
Review | Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2) by Marissa Meyer
2013-02-26 · by ·
Scarlet’s Grand-mère suddenly went missing and the police have abandoned the search for her. Convinced that she was kidnapped, Scarlet is desperate to follow any lead she can find as to the whereabouts of her grandma, even if it means teaming up with a mysterious and dangerous man nicknamed Wolf. Meanwhile, the ruthless Lunar Queen […]
Presidential Picture Books
2013-02-15 · by ·
Unless you work in retail, most of you will have this next Monday off of work in honor of the men who have led our country. The books on this list are primarily fact, rather than story driven: lots and lots of interesting facts about the men who have lived in the White House. Your […]
Review | More by I.C. Springman and Brian Lies
2013-02-11 · by ·
Description: A bird collects various objects to put in his nest. This book teaches young readers about quantity. Story: I think this story has a great message about how we accumulate stuff we really don’t need. I like the illustration at the end where the bird has found what is really enough for him and […]
More Valentine’s Day Picture Books
2013-02-09 · by ·
Fanny’s Dream by Caralyn and Mark Buehner is a Cinderella re-telling. In this version, Fanny’s (Cinderella) fairy godmother never comes on the night of the mayor’s grand ball. Instead, the neighbor boy Heber Jensen shows up and makes an offer to Fanny that she… accepts after thinking it over for an hour or so. What […]
Review | Reached by Ally Condie
2013-02-08 · by ·
Cassia thought once she found The Rising that she’d be able to be with Ky, but Cassia is back in The Society and working undercover for The Rising. When a mysterious plague starts affecting large numbers of The Society’s population, chaos ensues. I really wanted to like this book. I did. I think Condie did […]
Valentine’s Day Picture Books
2013-02-06 · by ·
Sugar Cookies: Sweet Little Lessons on Love by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jane and Brooke Dyer. The Rosenthal and Dyer team is sure to make you swoon. Many of Rosenthal’s picture books are well loved around our house and the Dyer’s illustrations are lovely and sweet. This book is great for teaching young readers the […]
Geisel Award Winners 2013
2013-02-04 · by ·
Many people are familiar with the Caldecott Award. Not as widely known is the (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award that is given every year to author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American books for beginning readers. We have fallen in love with almost all of the winners of this award for 2013 and wanted to share […]
