FLYGIRL by Sherri L. Smith (YA)
Title: Flygirl Author: Sherri L. Smith Publisher: New York: Speak (Penguin Group), 2008 Genre: YA Fiction Audience Age: 13 to 17 years
Read-Through Fridays
Too Much Noise in the Library — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Too Much Noise in the Library Author: Susan Margaret Chapman Illustrator: Abby Carter Publisher: Janesville, WI: Upstart Books, 2010.
Mirror mirror — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Mirror, mirror: a book of reversible verse Author: Marilyn Singer Illustrator: Josée Masse Publisher: New York: Dutton (Penguin Group), 2010.
The Adventures of Tomato & Pea — Blog Tour Review and GIVEAWAY!
It is so exciting when a writing colleague is published for the first time. It is even more exciting when that colleague is eleven years old! I first became aware of Erik, the Kid Who Reviews Books, when we both participated in Picture Book Ideas Month in 2011 (that link leads to a guest post …
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Oceanology — a book with a difference
Perfect Picture Book Friday will begin next week (although since that’s the day I’m involved in Erik’s blog tour, my first PPBF pick won’t be posted until September 20th.) Today I’m sharing a book that, although it has 32 pages like a picture book, and has text and illustrations, it isn’t a picture book. The …
Backstage Cat — Perfect Picture Book Friday
This will be the last Perfect Picture Book Friday until September. Watch for PPBF’s return in the fall! Title: Backstage Cat Author: Harriet Ziefert Illustrator: Jenni Desmond Publisher: Maplewood, NJ: Blue Apple Books, 2013
The Anne ofs
When I was in my early teens, visiting my Aunt and Uncle (Bev’s parents, for those of you who read Bev Brenna’s books), my Uncle asked me one day, “Have you read the Annuvs?” The WHAT? “The Annuvs. Annuv Green Gables, Annuv the Island…” I had definitely read the Annuvs. And loved them. In fact …
Rose’s Garden — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Rose’s Garden Author/Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds Publisher: Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2009 Genre: Picture book, fiction