Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen Illustrator: Li Ming Published by Dutton on September 1, 1995 Genres: Picture Books Format: Hardcover Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads One dark night young King Arthur goes to the old magician, Merlin,… February 5, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★½
The 101 Dalmations by Dodie Smith Series: The Hundred and One Dalmatians #1 Published by Listening Library Genres: MG Books Format: Audiobook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Pongo and Missis had a lovely life. With their human owners,… July 29, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★★½
A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere by Alison Walsh Published by Skyhorse Publishing on June 5, 2018 Genres: Cookbooks Pages: 160 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads A Literary-Inspired… May 14, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★★
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming Genres: MG Books Pages: 113 Format: Audiobook Source: gift Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads Crackpot is what everybody calls the Pott family. So when they go to buy a new car and come back with a wreck, nobody is surprised. Except for the… March 22, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★
A Castle for John-Peter by Ursula Moray Williams Illustrator: Eileen Soper Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. on 1956 (orig. published in 1947) Genres: Children’s Books Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads When John-Peter inherits a tumbledown mansion in the country, he and his parents… November 8, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews, Treasures from the Hoard 2 ★★★½
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is a Father’s Day freebie. Best Fictional Fathers in Children’s/YA Books It’s surprisingly hard to find good fathers in fiction, even (or maybe especially) in children’s fiction. By good fathers, I mean fathers… Read more »
The Sea King’s Daughter: A Russian Legend by Aaron Shepard Illustrator: Gennady Spirin Published by Skyhook Press on Apr. 7, 2011 (reprint) Genres: Picture Books Pages: 32 Format: eARC Source: the publisher through NetGalley Add to Goodreads Set in the city of Novgorod long ago, the story tells of the… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, a new Pew survey finds (Pew Research Center) Check the article out; there are more detailed graphs… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News The Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King, Printz, Alex, and other children’s and YA book award winners for 2016 were announced Monday. The Newbery went… Read more »
With holiday gift-giving approaching, I thought this might be a good time to revisit some children’s classics. What does it take for a book to become a classic? First, it needs to stand the test of time: to be read and enjoyed decades or even centuries after it was written. To be… Read more »
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