juvenile

My New Favorite Picture Book – Tuesday by David Wiesner

Tuesday by David Wiesner has been around since 1991, but I saw it for the first time yesterday. I like having a son who is at picture book age. He brought Tuesday home from preschool. I can’t remember the last time a book actually made me laugh out loud, and the last time it happened, [...]

November 12, 2011 READ MORE →

Book Review: No! That’s Wrong!

My son and I go the library about four times each week. He is two years old. I always pick a few books for him, but he is also starting to like wandering around and pointing to books, knowing that we will take them home. His latest pick was a funny picture book by Zhaohua [...]

October 8, 2010 READ MORE →

Book review: Gregor the Overlander rules

Guest post by Ami Kim I just finished reading Gregor the Overlander for the second time. In a month. Now I confess, I am addicted to kids’ books like Bunnicula is to fresh vegetables. (I justify my guilty pleasure by calling it ‘research’ into the techniques of children’s book authors). There is something magical about [...]

October 1, 2010 READ MORE →

Book Review: The Gashlycrumb Tinies

The Gashlycrumb Tinies was written and illustrated by my favorite artist: Edward Gorey. If you have never seen any of his work, I would recommend picking up one, or all, of his four anthologies: Amphigorey, Amphigorey Too, Amphigorey Again, and Amphigorey Also. After that, if you’re looking for some insight into the strange person who [...]

September 27, 2010 READ MORE →

Book Review: The Wish Giver

I read The Wish Giver: Three Tales from Coven Tree in third grade in Ms. Chase’s class. I saw the devilish man on the front and knew that his smiling face and extra-pointy mustache and knew that the people of Coven Tree were in for a bad time. I was already wise enough to know [...]

September 27, 2010 READ MORE →

Bunnicula Book Review

I first read Bunnicula in the second grade. I normally read through our texts too quickly and got bored, so I would bring my own books, put them in my desk, and sneak peeks at them whenever possible. I must have read James Howe’s series 100 times (this review is only of the first book, [...]

September 23, 2010 READ MORE →

Book Review: Mr. Strong

When I was a child I loved Roger Hargreaves’ Mr. Men and Little Miss books more than just about anything. Now, as an adult with the heart of a child–or the mind of a child as my arch-enemies might tell you–I love them even more. They were so simple, but so good. I know, good [...]

July 26, 2010 READ MORE →

Book Review: Goodnight Moon

There are so many books out there that I want to read, that I typically don’t reread books unless they’re my absolute favorites. Of course, there are about 100 books that I consider my absolute favorites, and I add to that list weekly. But in the last week, I’ve read a certain book at least [...]

July 13, 2010 READ MORE →

More Banned Books: Roald Dahl Edition

As a child–and an adult, if I’m going to be totally honest–no author has ever given me as much page by page enjoyment as Roald Dahl. He had a talent for the memorable, twisted, and truly bizarre. He understood what makes kids tick, and what creeps adults out, both in his stories and his illustrations. [...]

May 17, 2010 READ MORE →

Book Review: The Little Prince

Note from Josh: I’ve tried to review The Little Prince several times here on the blog, but I never get it right. Some people love the book, some hate it. I love it, but luckily, I’ve gotten someone else to finally do a review of it. Guest Post by Dayana Jardim A pilot who crashed [...]

May 8, 2010 READ MORE →