Well, June just flew by! Work was busy, as I did a lot of planning and promotion for the library’s summer programming as well as running three days of Maker Week activities (immensely successfully, in part due to rainy weahter), a resume workshop (it was the first workshop I’ve ever done…), and twice weekly story times (getting better each time!). Although there’s lots to do at work, work stays at […]
In this post, I’m sharing some brief thoughts on the Cybils 2017 middle grade speculative fiction finalists that I haven’t yet reviewed. I have already reviewed: The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh A Properly Unhaunted Place by William Alexander Last Day on Mars by Kevin Emerson While I personally enjoyed some of these books more than others, all of these finalists are strong reads which I would […]
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Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh Series: Spirit Hunters Format/Source: Hardcover/ Library Published: July 2017 Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 288 pages Genre: Middle grade speculative fiction Cybils 2017 finalist ★★★★½ Spirit Hunters, the first book in an upcoming series, is a classic haunted house tale with a Korean American perspective. (This book is #ownvoices for Korean American representation.) Harper’s family has just moved from an air conditioned apartment in New York to a stuffy old house […]
My earliest memories contain books. Trips to the public library began when I was two. By the time I turned 12, I was devouring fantastical novels that would stay close to my heart for years to come. High school proved to be a dull patch in my reading, as I explored adult fiction while ignoring the sort of books I read as a child. I returned to children’s literature in […]
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I don’t usually review picture books on my blog, but as I had to write a number of picture book reviews for a course, I’ve decided to share those reviews. These three books were originally noted in my bibliography, 15 Picture Books on the Refugee Experience. Joseph’s Big Ride by Terry Farish and Ken Daley Joseph’s Big Ride tells a story about a child who is a refugee, but it […]