Barnhouse, Rebecca. The Book of the Maidservant  Random House, New York, 2009. Loosely based on The Book of Margery Kemp, the first autobiography in English, ...  Read more  »

"Iggy Peck is an architect and has been since he was two, when he built a great tower — in only an hour — with ...  Read more  »

Resigned to spinsterhood, and content, Gabrielle lives a settled life at her father's castle in the town of Verdeau, and practices her gift of hand-healing. ...  Read more  »

Subtitled, “The Grey Griffins, Book I,” this adventure fantasy starts with a group of friends who meet to play “Round Table,” a fantasy card game, ...  Read more  »

This book about spiders would be best suited for middle school children because there is a lot of text involved. Though the language used is ...  Read more  »

This book has four wonderful distinctions. A side bar of quick facts, visuals in historical engravings, paintings and etchings, an enclosed story per page, and ...  Read more  »

MISS BROOKS LOVES BOOKS (AND I DON’T) Written by Barbara Bottner Illustrated by Michael Emberley Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers (March 9, 2010) ...  Read more  »

Delightfully low key, this shows how well the author understands young children. Chloe sees the world revolving around her, with a young child’s self-centeredness in ...  Read more  »

Books for children about art are often surveys across time periods, for example, ART UP CLOSE. FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN by Claire d’Harcourt (Chronicle 2000). ...  Read more  »

Brown, Linda Beatrice. Black Angels  Penguin Young Readers Group, New York, 2009.     The Emancipation Proclamation has just freed all the slaves; the country ...  Read more  »