(for those of you keeping track at home, these are the books I read between Feb. 1st and Feb. 7th - yes, I am very behind.)


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This was the week we read about bears during preschool story time. Which led to me reading lots of (new to me) picture books about bears. And so week four Reading Round-up has been divided up into two parts.


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After I posted my general response to the readings, I could not help also replying to a couple of classmates, including one person that was driving me crazy ( Read more... )

Laurie Halse Anderson is best known for her award-winning young adult and middle grade novels, particularly Speak, Wintergirls, Fever 1793, and Chains. She is also the author of a rather interesting non-fiction picture book (illustrated by Matt Faulkner) about Sarah Hale, a 19th century American woman who transformed Thanksgiving from a regional ( Read more... )

(livejournal is not letting me upload pics right now, so you get this post sans cover art. alas.)

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan, illustrations by Todd LockwoodI must admit that I have an extreme (and possibly unhealthy) fondness for romance novels that feature bluestockings.  Even more so for ones that pair the heroine up with an ( Read more... )

(yes, it is already week 3, I'm late with week 2)

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin


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