Writing back story, the lead up to a well-known story or event, has become a major interest of writers today. And here we have an ...  Read more  »

Part of a continuing series, this may well elicit a question from young readers: “Who’s Wright?” Others in the series (Robert Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, and ...  Read more  »

Argueta, Jorge. Arroz con leche (Rice Pudding) Groundwood Books, Toronto, ON, 2010. Arroz con leche or Rice Pudding is an endearing bilingual picture book about ...  Read more  »

The illustrations and text complement each other very nicely in this creatively organized non-fiction book about marine mammals. Most of this book is dedicated to ...  Read more  »

Rita isn’t an easy child.  On her birthday, everything is wrong, as her bad mood prevails.  Until, that is, her present lures her out of ...  Read more  »

In an elegantly over-sized format (double page spreads are 11”x17 1/2”), artist Long provides pastel, lushly detailed watercolor illustrations for the simple text. A list ...  Read more  »

Augarde, Steve.  Leonardo da Vinci.  New York:  L Kingfisher, 2010. In a helpfully large format (10 ¼ x 11 ½“) the author/illustrator presents the fictionalized ...  Read more  »

Avi has penned another great book for young readers, a modern fable. Avon the Snail reads a book everyday and loves reading about other creatures ...  Read more  »

The second in Avi’s new, solidly-researched historical fiction series, Hard Gold is the story of 14-year old Early, youngest son of a farmer faced with ...  Read more  »