Specials by Scott Westerfeld- Tally Youngblood has been turned into a Cutter by her best friend Shay. Tally and the Cutter’s use their weapon-grade bodies to tame and shape the world around them. Special Circumstances is unaware that Tally is once again rewiring her brain to think outside the brain lesions, which leads her to a dilemma: does Tally Youngblood love David or Zane?

A book review of a Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, Illustrated by Michael Martchenko. Forced to wear a paper bag after a dragon destroys her home and kidnaps her fiance. She goes on rescue mission to save Prince Ronald from the dragon.

I first fell in love with the story of Robert Smalls while watching a PBS documentary called Slavery and the Making of America. I loved his story and was thrilled to learn that Janet Halfmann had turned his story into a picture book. I enjoy collecting picture books...

Double Scoop - Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen. We picked this one in honor of Black History Month and we really liked the book, but it is not an easy read as it shows the brutal nature of slavery. We also had a good discussion about race and some of the modern issues of...

I love 'I can Read' books. They are just the right level to really share a reading experience with beginning readers. There are plenty of beginning words like the, this that, him, I, go, they, etc. that boost new reader's confidence. I also love Critterville and all...

I'd like to just say I loved this book, 'nuf said. But that wouldn't really make this review very good. So, I loved this book more than Twilight. Please don't hate me. I thought it was easier for me to imagine an alien species implanting itself into my brain than it...

A book review of Nic Bishop Spiders by Nic Bishop. Colorful photos show a variety of spiders and describes their life cyles.

This is the book that I got from the author at the Utah Book Bloggers Bash hosted and organized by Natasha Maw. Now I was to0 embarrassed to admit it there, but you all know that writing on a blog gives one a sense of anonymity, even when what you are writing is...

As part of the Children's Literature Book Club, I am reading several of the Cybils finalists for the month of February and will try and post reviews of as many of the books that I can. When I first started to read this book I was a little skeptical at first because I...