Children’s book reviews – Picture Books, Middle Grade, Young Adult – Publishers Weekly
Children's Book Reviews: 11/2/2009 11/02/2009
This week's reviews include picture books from Alexandra Day, Peter H. Reynolds, and Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney; starred reviews for new fiction from Katherine Sturtevant and Jean-Claude Mourlevat; comics from Lark Pien and Holly Black; and books to invigorate minds and imaginations. More
Riordan Sets His Sights on Egypt By Karen Springen - 11/05/2009
Like his Lightning Thief star Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan is a demigod—at least in the eyes of his readers. With the release next May of the first title in his new middle-grade fantasy series, about ancient Egypt, he is set to become a pharaoh, too. In The Kane Chronicles, Book One: The Red Pyramid, kids will meet Carter Kane, 14, and his sister, Sadie, 12, descendants of Egyptian magicians who battle gods accidentally released in the present...
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Children's Book Reviews: 10/26/2009 10/26/2009
Picture books from Claudia Rueda, Laura Leuck& Marc Boutavant, Sharon Werner & Sarah Forss, and more; fiction from Audrey & Akila Couloumbis, Helen Stringer, Andrew Auseon, Mal Peet, others; plus a jumbo roundup of Christmas titles.
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It’s the End of the World as We Know It By Sara Antill - 10/22/2009
Vampires may live forever, but the recent vampire trend in YA fiction won't. Author Michael Grant, for one, is "sick to death of vampires," and he is not alone. But when one hugely popular trend ends, what will take its place? Some readers have their fingers crossed for postapocalyptic fiction. Grant, along with fellow authors Scott Westerfeld, Carrie Ryan, and James Dashner, gathered with fans at a Barnes & Noble in Manhattan last Thursday to discuss their latest books...
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Web Exclusive Children's Book Reviews: 10/20/2009 10/20/2009
This selection of web-exclusive children's book reviews includes new works from Sujean Rim, Geoffrey Norman and E.B. Lewis, Adam Selzer and Jean Little.
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Kane/Miller Conspires to Build a Hit by Jim Milliot - 10/19/2009
Educational Development Corp. chairman Randall White was pretty sure he had uncovered a gem of a small company when he acquired Kane/Miller Book Publishers last December, but the purchase has worked out even better than he thought. With the holiday season still to come, revenue at Kane/Miller in 2009 has already topped that of all of 2008, according to White.
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Children's Book Reviews: 10/19/2009 10/19/2009
This week, stars for Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock's The Mitten, John Hendrix's John Brown: His Fight for Freedom, Sharon Shinn's Gateway, and Julie Halpern's Into the Wild Nerd Yonder. Plus: roundups of Hanukkah titles and gift ideas.
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Galley Talk: A Whole Nother Story 10/15/2009 Angela K. Sherrill of 57th Street Books in Chicago talks about a favorite 2010 galley. For me, there’s something of Mark Twain in Dr. Cuthbert Soup’s upcoming middle-grade novel, A Whole Nother Story (Bloomsbury, Jan. 2010), a winking satire that grabs readers and pulls them along a swiftly narrated adventure. The action follows Mr. Cheeseman and his three unique and savvy children...
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