I picked up Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli when I saw that it was illustrated by Matt Phelan, whom I discovered this year after reading The Higher Power of Lucky (read my book review), which he also illustrated. It was such a treat to read this book because the illustrations were such a joy [...]
Wow. I loved Libertad by Alma Fullerton. I knew instantly that I would like it after flipping through the pages and seeing that it was written as a free-verse novel, a style that I have just discovered that I really love. Although a fictionalized account, Libertad is loosely based upon a real boy’s journey and [...]
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy was another book that I couldn’t resist while at the library. It’s another holocaust book, I seem to be reading a lot of these lately. Why am I so drawn to the misery of others?
A Middle Grade Fiction book, Yellow Star tells the true story of Jennifer Roy’s [...]
A couple weeks ago I was browsing the shelves at a local bookstore when Sold by Patricia McCormick caught my eye. Maybe it’s the artist in me, but I am very drawn to the cover art of book jackets. Judge a book by it’s cover? Yep, I do. I’ll freely admit [...]
