Sad news, first. Peter D. Sieruta, who wrote the incomparable blog, Collecting Children's Books, has died. This is just really a sad, huge loss for the world of children's books, and of course my heart goes out to his family, and real life friends. I myself never had the pleasure of meeting Peter, but knowing that he was in the world, able to share his vast knowledge of children's books at the drop of the hat, was a great thing. Jules of Seven Impossible Things has more.
The Reviews
Always Neverland, by Zoe Barton, at A Room With Books
Amulet: The Last Council, by Kazu Kibuishi, at Book Nut
Bigger Than a Breadbox, by Laurel Snyder, at Library Mama
The Boggart, by Susan Cooper, at Book-a-Day Almanac
Deadly Pink, by Vivien Vande Velde, at Book Aunt
Giants Beware! by Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre, at Library Mama and Wandering Librarians
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente, at Slatebreakers
The Girl Who Owned a City, by O.T. Nelson, at Wandering Librarians
A Greyhound of a Girl, by Roddy Doyle, at Waking Brain Cells
Grimalkin, the Witch Assassin (The Last Apprentice), by Joseph Delaney, at Ms. Yingling Reads
Gustav Gloom and the People Taker, by Adam-Troy Castro, at Shannon Messenger
The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, by Christopher Healy, at books4yourkids and Random Musings of a Bibliphile
Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms, by Lissa Evans, at books4yourkids
Knight's Castle, by Edward Eager, at Hope is the Word
Lawn Mower Magic, by Lynne Jonell, at Secrets & Sharing Soda
The Mapmaker and the Ghost, by Sarvenaz Tash, at Bookworm1856
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-Detectives Extraordinaire, by Polly Horvath, at Oops...Wrong Cookie
Once Upon a Toad, by Heather Vogel Frederick, at Book Aunt
Ordinary Magic, by Caitlen Rubino-Bradway, at Small Review and at Book Aunt
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, by Jonathan Auxier, at Parenthetical
Phoebe Alleyn and the Quantum Sorcerer, by S.P. Brown, at Nayu's Reading Corner
The Prince Who Fell From the Sky, by John Claude Bemis, at My Precious and Bunbury in the Stacks
Remarkable, by Lizzie K. Foley, at Charlotte's Library
The Rifts of Rime, by Steven Peck, at The Write Path
Searching for Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede, at Book Nut
Seeds of Rebellion, by Brandon Mull, at One Librarian's Book Reviews
Spaceheadz, by Jon Scieszka, at Wondrous Reads
Snivel, by Dale E. Basye, at Back to Books
Storybound, by Marissa Burt, at Carina's Books
The Wizard of Dark Street, by Shawn Thomas Odyssey, at Sonderbooks
A two for one, at Candace's Book Blog--The Thief Lord and The Magician's Elephant
Authors and Interviews
Marissa Burt (Storybound) at Literary Rambles (plus giveaway!)
James Mihaley (You Can't Have My Planet, But Take My Brother, Please!) at From the Mixed Up Files and at Project Mayhem
Alyson Miers (Charlinder's Walk), at A Thousand Wrongs (plus giveaway!)
Other Good Stuff:
For those of us interested in books out in the UK, the Bookbuzz 2012 list has just been posted (and includes some mg sci fi/fantasy books that I had never heard of before and now want to read....)
A meditation on Fakelore vs Folklore, by Jane Yolen, at Seven Miles of Steel Thistles
"It's Complicated" a blog dialogue hosted by CBC Diversity (an orginization "dedicated to increasing the diversity of voices and experiences contributing to children's literature -- encouraging diversity of race, gender, geographical origin, sexual orientation, and class among both the creators of and the topics addressed by children's literature.")
And having nothing to do with mg sff, here's a poignant image I felt compelled to share (via Jenny Davidson). "The ordeal left him with minor wounds...." More at the BBC
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