Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Well, would you look at that? It’s a post! And not just any post but a book review post! It’s time to brush off the old keyboard and see  if I can still call myself a reviewer!
Whenever somebody that I know offline would ask me what my favorite read of 2010 was (surprisingly a question [...]

Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott

In Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott, on the night of a full moon just before midnight, the young son of a barber does what he’s never allowed to do:  leave the house by himself. Well, he’s not really alone when he’s accompanied by his friend Vlad the Vampire is he?
Together they prepare the [...]

The Halloween Kid by Rhode Montijitten

Be sure to add The Halloween Kid by Rhode Montijo to your picture book Halloween reading this month.
Trick-or-treating has always been fun and safe especially when the town can count on the mysterious masked boy to wrangle up all the Halloween hoodlums.  In fact, he’s done such a good job keeping Halloween safe that for [...]

I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll, Illustrated by Howard McWilliams

Such a gorgeous picture book!  Last year Amanda at A Patchwork of Books was so enthusiastic about this book that I just knew I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll and illustrated by Howard McWilliams was something special long before I got my hands on it.
Ethan can’t go to sleep properly.  Not when his resident [...]

Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli

In my last post I gushed about how much I love Marla Frazee.  Leslie Patricelli is another one of those illustrators that I LOVE!!  Two years ago (man -was it really two years ago already?!) I was able to interview Leslie and honestly, being able to interview Leslie is one of the best highlights I’ve [...]