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 […]
January was actually a pretty relaxing month! I kept steadily busy with Cybils reading, writing posts, and getting ahead on my coursework. I’ve been attending yoga classes twice a week (I’ve never done yoga before – this has been a goal for many years!). I attended the ALA Midwinter conference last weekend, which I will be posting about on Tuesday. If I’m as productive for the rest of the year […]