Children’s Book Review: Captain No Beard and the Aurora Borealis By Carole P Roman
CAPTAIN NO BEARD AND THE AURORA BOREALIS A Captain No Beard Story Volume 7 By: Carole P Roman Published: September 23, 2014 Publisher: CreateSpace Fiction Roman is back with her seventh installment of her imaginative series, CAPTAIN NO BEARD. This series of stories shows children with vivid imaginations and taking pretend play to the ultimate…
Read More Book Review: One Step Too Far By Tina Seskis
ONE STEP TOO FAR: A Novel By: Tina Seskis Published: January 27, 2015 Publisher: William Morrow Fiction/Suspense Have you ever felt like escaping your life? For a day or a weekend, maybe. But not escaping forever, leaving your husband and family behind. Probably not going as far as changing your name and never looking back.…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Snowman’s Story By Will Hillenbrand
SNOWMAN’S STORY By: Will Hillenbrand Published: November 18, 2014 Publisher: Two Lions Fiction When our boys were little, they received the book GOOD DOG, CARL from my sister. I remember flipping through the pages and thinking, “Where are the words?”. Then the first time I “read” it to our son, I realized what a treasure…
Read More Book Review: The Same Sky By Amanda Eyre Ward
THE SAME SKY: A Novel By: Amanda Eyre Ward Published: January 20, 2015 Publisher: Ballantine Books Fiction Best-Selling author, Jodi Picoult has said, “This is the timeliest book you will read this year…This one’s going to haunt me for a long time.” I would have to agree with her. No matter what your political views…
Read More Children’s Book Review: The Olive Tree By Elsa Marston
THE OLIVE TREE By: Elsa Marston Illustrated by: Claire Ewart Published: November 1, 2014 Publisher: Wisdom Tales Fiction Muna and her family fled their home in Lebanon during the war. While they were gone, Sameer, the neighbor boy, took care of their precious olive tree that had been in Muna’s family for a hundred years.…
Read More Book Review: A Sister to Honor By Lucy Ferriss
A SISTER TO HONOR: A Novel By: Lucy Ferriss Published: January 6, 2015 Publisher: Berkley Trade Fiction/Women’s Fiction Afia and her brother Shahid have come to America from Pakistan. Shahid came first to play squash in college. He then convinced his family in Pakistan that sending his sister to complete her studies and become a…
Read More Children’s Book Review: The Christmas Cats Encounter Bats By Constance Corcoran Wilson
THE CHRISTMAS CATS ENCOUNTER BATS By: Constance Corcoran Wilson Illustrated By: Gary McCluskey Published: September 13, 2014 Publisher: Quad Cities’ Press Children’s Fiction Last year I reviewed the second installment of the Christmas Cats series, THE CHRISTMAS CATS CHASE CHRISTMAS RATS. You can see that review, HERE. In the first book in the series, THE…
Read More Children’s Book Review: Go to Sleep, Little Farm By Mary Lyn Ray
GO TO SLEEP, LITTLE FARM By: Mary Lyn Ray Illustrator: Christopher Silas Neal Published: September 2, 2014 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers I was looking for a book to read at my bedtime story time at the library. This was a new release and I figured most of the kids hadn’t read it or…
Read More Book Review: Larger Than Life By Jodi Picoult
LARGER THAN LIFE Novella By: Jodi Picoult Published: August 4, 2014 Publisher: Ballantine Books eBook Fiction The new trend in book publishing is for authors to come out with a novella or short story that gives the reader a bit more information and often times, the backstory behind the main characters in the novel. This…
Read More Book Review: Finding Daddy Warbucks By David Hwa
FINDING DADDY WARBUCKS By: David Hwa Published: May 13, 2014 Publisher: Wellworth LLC Fiction I’m participating in the book tour for FINDING DADDY WARBUCKS through PUMP UP YOUR BOOK. For other stops on the tour click HERE. Haley, a 10-year-old, decides that nearly a year after her father died in an accident, it is time…
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