by Site Owner | Apr 3, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Humor
By Man Martin Thomas Dunne Books, $25.99, 310 pages Paradise Dogs isn’t the book I envisioned when I saw the title. The title refers to a place, and a kind of hotdog, the best hotdogs in the world, or so the lead character Adam Newman believes. The story is...
by Site Owner | Apr 3, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By Dionne Warwick Charlesbridge Press, $19.95, 32 pages Little Man written by Dionne Warwick and David Freeman Wooley is a special children’s book about a boy that loves to play the drums. He wants to buy a bike so he can go across town for lessons but...
by Site Owner | Apr 2, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By Cress Sia Hartlyn Kids Media, $12.99, 32 pages The Bamboo Dance by Cress Sia is a different kind of children’s book. As one of the Hartlyn Kids travel books introduces children and adults to the culture and heritage of the Philippines, through the eyes of...
by Site Owner | Mar 6, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
by P.I. Maltbie, Illustrated by Daniel Miyares Charlesbridge, $15.95, 32 pages Bambino and Mr. Twain is a masterpiece of children’s literature. The story is about how Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, shut himself off from the world after his wife Livy...
by Site Owner | Feb 20, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
by Sean Taylor Candlewick Press, $15.99, 32 pages The World Champion of Staying Awake by Sean Taylor and Jimmy Liao is about a little girl named Stella that needs to go to sleep, but in her mind, she needs to get her animals, (the stuffed variety) to sleep first. Each...
