Thursday , March 28 2024

Young Adult and Children’s Literature

Book Review: ‘Flamecaster,’ A Shattered Realms Novel by Cinda Williams Chima

In Flamecaster, A Shattered Realms Novel, Author Cinda Williams Chima, introduces us to a young and powerful healer with a gift of magic named Ash. Son of the queen, he is forced into hiding after a series of murders. He is ready for revenge and is close to the man …

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Interview with Leif and Jason Grundstrom-Whitney, authors of ‘The Hidden Chalice of the Cloud People’

Like breathing, eating, brushing your teeth, writing is good hygiene for the creative soul.

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Book Review: ‘The Jericho River, A Novel About The History Of Western Civilization,’ by David W. Tollen

In "The Jericho River - A Novel About The History of Western Civilization" - David W. Tollen has created a group of characters both intriguing and eminently likable. Often the action is unbelievable, but also mythologically and historically correct in most cases.

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Interview: Donna McDine, Author of ‘Dee and Deb Off They Go Kindergarten First Day Jitters’

Interview with Donna M McDine, author of "Dee and Deb Off They Go - Kindergarten First Day Jitters": "Instilling the love of reading at a young age helps a child across the curriculum as they advance in school".

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Book Review: ‘Benjamin Franklin, Huge Pain In My …’ by Adam Mansbach and Alan Zweibel

'Benjamin Franklin, Huge Pain in my ---' is a zany, funny look at time travel of sorts, as it relates to communication. You will find yourself entranced in the antics of Ike as he seeks advice from his historical mentor.

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Book Review: ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll, 150th Anniversary Edition Illustrated by Salvador Dalí

It's a great pleasure to rediscover Lewis Carroll's classic in this modestly priced new Princeton University Press edition, with marvelous illustrations created by Salvador Dalí for a long out-of-print 1969 printing.

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Book Review: ‘ Confessions of an Imaginary Friend, A Memoir by Jacques Paper,’ As Told to Michelle Cuevas

Confessions of an Imaginary Friend is just a wickedly funny and fun look at what happens when the imaginary discovers that they are imaginary.

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Book Review: ‘Curiosity House, The Shrunken Head’ – A Young Adult Mystery by Lauren Oliver & H.C. Chester

'Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head' by Lauren Oliver & H.C. Chester takes you on a fun filled journey with a group of children who have grown up in Dumfrey’s Dime Museum of Freaks Oddities and Wonders.

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