![25 KidLit Annotations: Board Books [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/babys-first-words.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
One of the assignments for my children’s literature course this past 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 […]
![Talkin’ About Tolkien: Tolkien & The Silmarillion [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tolkien-and-the-silmarillion.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Tolkien & The Silmarillion by Clyde S. Kilby Format/source: Hardcover/Purchased secondhandPublished: 1976Publisher: Harold Shaw PublishersLength: 89 pages Genre: Biography★★★★ Yes, this delightful little volume is ‘outdated’, having been published in1976, a year before The Silmarillion. But it remains a valuable read as author Clyde S. Kilby, an Inklings […]
![3 Own Voices Picture Books [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/princess-and-the-peas.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Princess and the Peas by Rachel Himes In Princess and the Peas, Rachel Himes puts her own twist on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea”. This book is #ownvoices for African-American representation. It’s the 1950s in South Carolina, […]
![Reacting to Convenience Store Woman [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/convenience-store-woman.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Format/source: Hardcover/LibraryPublished: June 2018Publisher: Grove PressLength: 163 pages Genre: Literary fictionTranslator: Ginny Tapley Takemori★★★★ I’m going to try something new in this post. As I was typing up my notes on this book, I realized that there were so many specific bits of the novel that […]
![Bringing an Inkblot to Life: Inkling by Kenneth Oppel [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/inkling.jpg?resize=245%2C150&ssl=1)
Format/source: ebook/EdelweissPublished: 6 November 2018 (US; out now in Canada)Publisher: KnopfLength: 272 pages Genre: Middle grade speculative fictionI received a copy from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for my honest opinion.★★★★ Ethan’s dad is a comic artist whose greatest creation, the mutant superhero Kren, […]