Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan is one of those books that re-cements my love and appreciation for good historical fiction. It is the story of fifteen year old Rosalind James, the child of a British military officer living in India in the year 1919. India has been her home her entire life; … [Read more…]
Wonderstruck is a book that you read with great expectations, if you’ve read anything else by Brian Selznick. Expectations run particularly high if you’ve read The Invention of Hugo Cabret (linked to my review), his Caldecott winner of a few years back. This review at A Fuse 8 Production is the one that alerted me … [Read more…]
I am just tickled to death to tell you, my dear readers, about this story. What makes me even more excited to tell you about it is that I, as far as my Googling skills have allowed me to determine, have read a book that few people within my little bloggy “neighborhood” have read. And … [Read more…]
When I saw Cousins of Clouds: Elephant Poems on the new books shelf at the library, I snatched it right up. The cover artwork is gorgeous, and I almost immediately recognized the name of the poet whose works are contained therein. I read Tracie Vaughn Zimmer’s novel-in-verse Reaching for Sun (linked to my review) way back in … [Read more…]
I have been absent from the virtual world this week, with the exception of rather voraciously reading blogs and message boards at odd hours, like 3 a.m. when I was up with a sick DLM. Yes, a plague descended upon the House of Hope sometime this Sunday past, and we only yesterday emerged from the … [Read more…]
Get every new post delivered to your Inbox
Join other followers
