by Site Owner | Jul 16, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By Myra Wolfe, Illustrated by Maria Monescillo Houghton Mifflin Harcdourt, $16.99, 32 pages Charlotte Jane the Hearty is born on a pirate ship. Her swashbuckling parents greet her with an “arr” and a proclamation that she has a lot of “formidable oomph.” They are...
by Site Owner | Jul 16, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By Wong Herbert Yee Houghton Mifflin Harcdourt, $14.99, 48 pages Mouse doesn’t just like Halloween, she LOVES Halloween! But her best friend Mole fears everything about the holiday. How can Mouse help Mole enjoy the surprises and thrills of Halloween? In his book...
by Site Owner | Apr 13, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By Giles Laroche Houghton Mifflin Harcdourt, $16.99, 32 pages Have you ever wondered what your house would look like if you lived somewhere else in the world? If you lived in Greece, your house would look exactly like your neighbor’s house with white walls and a blue...
by Site Owner | Apr 3, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
By Helen Lester, Lynn Munsinger Houghton Mifflin Harcdourt, $16.99, 32 pages Lester and Munsinger, author and illustrator of Tacky the Penguin and The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken come together to create another classic character, Wodney Wat, a little...
by Site Owner | Apr 2, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Short Stories
By Chris Van Allsburg Houghton Mifflin Harcdourt, $24.99, 195 pages The Chronicles of Harris Burdick presents famous authors doing exactly what everyone else does with Chris Van Allsburg’s “The Mysteries of Harris Burdick”: telling stories. The...
