I am so glad I decided way back in 2014 to make a real effort to read through the Newberys! Even during the months when I don’t read much, this gives me a focus and a sense of accomplishment. Here are this year’s posts. The first link is the introductory post for the month which … [Read more…]
Boo! Here on the last day of October 2016, let’s wrap up what we read for the Newbery Through the Decades challenge for this decade, shall we? I read and reviewed three books: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander–novel-in-verse about basketball, mostly, but also family and growing up. It’s not exactly my cuppa, but your mileage … [Read more…]
El Deafo by Cece Bell is the autobiographical graphic novel that tells Bell’s story of being deaf from the age of four years old and her experiences growing up in a hearing world. The graphic novel format was a particularly good vehicle for Cece Bell to use to tell her story. There’s a feeling of … [Read more…]
I’ve changed my mind about novels-in-verse; I always used to begin my reviews of them with a disclaimer that I don’t really like them. Now I know that I do. I mean, I LOVE poetry, and I love a good story, so what’s not to love in a mashup of the two? However, Kwame Alexander’s … [Read more…]
See those three seals on this book cover? That’s some heavy metal. 🙂 Last Stop on Market Street won the 2016 Newbery Medal, a 2016 Caldecott honor, and a 2016 Coretta Scott King honor for illustration. Wow! Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson is a sweet, sweet … [Read more…]
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