I picked up Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty at the library because I couldn’t resist that adorable cover. Brought it home to discover that it’s a Cybils nominee. Score! Poor shy Jeremy lives on the top floor of a three-story apartment building. Every day he looks down at the other boys and girls [...]
How could I resist a book like Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin with a cover like that? As soon as I saw this book on display at my local library I snatched it right up. Didn’t even read the back cover or anything. I just knew that this looked like a special book. [...]
Wow. Do not let this unassuming cover fool you. 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez is a purely stunning picture book. When I finished reading the author’s note at the end, I had tears rolling down my cheeks. It’s a book that [...]
Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom written and illustrated by Eric Wight is a spoof of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom but in this case Frankie’s nemisis is his messy room. Pair that with his nagging mom and he’s got a problem! Luck turns his way when Frankie’s mother agrees that he [...]
I Know It’s Over by C.K Kelly Martin is an unusual book in the sense that it’s written by a woman and is about teen pregnancy, but is told from the point of view of the guy, not the girl. One doesn’t often hear the guy’s side of the story. Pure. Unplanned. Perfect. That’s exactly [...]
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