by Deb Aronson | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog
The Emperor’s Ostrich, by Julie Berry (Roaring Brook Press), begins with a farmgirl looking for her runaway cow, and ends up as a story of growth, adventure and friendship. Tossed in with that set up is a touch of supernatural in the form of ancestor spirits, who...
by Deb Aronson | Feb 10, 2019 | Blog
Thomas and the Dragon Queen, a lively middle-grade novel, has knights, castles, mighty war horses, princesses and dragons. The reader starts out thinking they know what they are getting from a book with those ingredients, but Crum turns almost every one of those...
by Deb Aronson | Feb 1, 2019 | Blog
Everyone who writes has days when they wonder what they heck they are doing. On a good day you can move past that and put some words on a page. On a bad day, you binge watch Frankie and Grace on Netflix, am I right? But a book I recently re-read is a must for everyone...
by Deb Aronson | Jan 28, 2019 | Blog
After reading Dragon with a Chocolate Heart and The Girl with the Dragon Heart by Stephanie Burgis, I wonder that there aren’t more books that combine chocolate and dragons. That’s a winning and — to my mind — unique combination. Burgis does a great job creating...
by Deb Aronson | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog
Goodbye Stranger, by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb Books) is not a new book, but it is one of the most fully nuanced stories of middle school that I’ve read. The three main characters, Bridge, Emily and Tabitha have been friends forever. The story opens as they begin...
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