From today until next Monday, I’m visiting New York City with my sister. The impetus for this trip is the Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibit currently on at the Morgan Library. There will be more bookish sight-seeing than just that exhibit, though. I’ll be sure to blog about it when I get back. In the meantime, things will be quiet around here as I was busy completing all my assignments that are due next week and I didn’t find the time to blog. So, see you at the end of the month!
One of the assignments for my children’s literature course last term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort zone of MG spec fic 😉 Today’s post, featuring graphic novels, is the fifth in a series where I share those annotations by type. Links will be updated as the rest of […]
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The Moon Within by Aida Salazar Format/source: ARC/ALAMW19Published: 26 February 2019Publisher: Arthur A. Levine BooksLength: 240 pages Genre: Contemporary middle grade verse★★★★ Celi Rivera’s life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend’s exploration of what it means to be genderfluid. But most of all, her mother’s insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It’s an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and […]
I attended the American Library Association’s Midwinter conference from January 25 to 27. I attended some informative sessions, participated in exciting discussions, met people I only knew online, and – of most relevance for this blog – learnt about lots of forthcoming books! This post is about the ARCs I picked up. You can expect to see reviews of each these books in the weeks closer to the book’s release […]
One of the assignments for my children’s literature course last term was to write 25 annotations (snapshot reviews between 50 and 150 words) on all sorts of kidlit. It was a great opportunity to delve out of my comfort zone of MG spec fic 😉 Today’s post, featuring chapter books, is the fourth in a series where I share those annotations by type. Links will be updated as the rest […]