I’d like to welcome Kathryn Fitzmaurice for a great author interview on the Maw Books Blog. Kathryn has just published her debut novel, The Year the Swallows Came Early, which I loved. Check out my book review and then join us back here.
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Maw Books: Welcome Kathryn! First, what led you to write The Year the [...]
The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice is a very sweet debut novel. Eleven-year-old Eleanor Robinson, better known as Groovy, loves to cook. Her perfect day consists of creating the perfect menu with the perfect food. Certain foods for certain moods. Even at eleven Groovy knows what she wants most out of her [...]
Okay, so I’ve just spend the better part of the last hour on The Raucous Royals website. In the past couple of days I’ve reviewed The Raucous Royals, Test Your Royal Wits: Crack Codes, Solve Mysteries and Deduce Which Royal Rumors Are True by Carlyn Becci and interviewed the author Carlyn Beccia. The Raucous Royals [...]
Yesterday I reviewed The Raucous Royals, Test Your Royal Wits: Crack Codes, Solve Mysteries and Deduce Which Royal Rumors Are True by Carlyn Becci (read that review here), a fun, new picture book that investigates whether or not rumors about famous royalty from history are true or false. Carlyn has graced us with a wonderful [...]
If there is one thing that I have learned from The Raucous Royals, Test Your Royal Wits: Crack Codes, Solve Mysteries and Deduce Which Royal Rumors Are True by Carlyn Beccia it is this: I’ll never remember the full title and I can not spell raucous. I have to look it up every time. But [...]
