by michaeld | Jan 26, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Science & Technology
Discovering Gems By Holly Hobbie Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 32 pages Gem is an unusual children’s book. It has only two pages with the text: a letter from a grandmother to her granddaughter on the first and the child’s...
by michaeld | Jan 14, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
Beach Bum Mermaids By Ammi-Joan Paquette, Illustrated by Marie Letourneau Tanglewood, $16.95, 32 pages “Mermaids live out in the ocean, but they like to come ashore to play. There are no mermaids here today. But… we can leave them a surprise for...
by michaeld | Nov 3, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Tweens
Level Playing Field By Philip Steele Kingfisher 3.99 48 pages The Kingfisher series correlates approximately to the level of readers. The Level 1 and 2 books are full of lovely photographs and interesting educational subjects such as baby animals....
by michaeld | Oct 25, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Cascading Events By Martin Bannon Dinkus Books 14.99 301 pages The Oregon Cascades are a scenic, forested mountain range, but one that shelters an unusual assortment of people. Senseless Confidential takes us down logging roads and into the lives of some of those...
by Site Owner | Oct 15, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Fresh Catch By Larry Kronish Dymaxicon, 219 pages, $14.95 The Sushi King’s Daughter is a rock ‘em, sock ‘em tale of a mob enforcer who kidnaps a young woman to put pressure on her father, Hannami. He is the restaurateur known as Sushi...
