Here's what I found this week in my search for middle grade fantasy and sci fi related blog posts--though I tried really hard to find as much as I could, I'm sure I missed lots, so do let me know!
The Reviews:
Bliss, by Kathryn Littlewood, at Becky's Book Reviews
The Book of Doom, by Barry Hutchison, at Bart's Bookshelf
City of Ember, by Jeanne dePrau, at Madigan Reads
The Colossus Rises, by Peter Lerangis, at Maria's Melange and The Brain Lair (a joint, on-going project)
Dark Lord: The Early Years, by Jamie Thomson, at Emily's Reading Room
A Dash of Magic, by Kathryn Littlewood, at Becky's Book Reviews
Dragon Magic, by Andre Norton, at Charlotte's Library
The Fellowship for Alien Detection, by Kevin Emerson, at For Those About to Mock
Fraser's Voices, by Jack Hastie, at Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books
The Freedom Maze, by Delia Sherman, at Bunbury in the Stacks (audiobook)
Frogged, by Vivian Vande Velde, at Random Musings of a Bibliovore
Garden Princess, by Kristin Kladstrup, at Charlotte's Library
The Goblin Gift, by Conrad Mason, at Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books
Hashbrown Winters and the Whiz-tastrophie, by Frank L. Cole, at The Write Path
Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go, by Dale Basye, at Middle Grade Mafioso
Hokey Pokey, by Jerry Spinelli, at Kid Lit Geek
The Hollow Earth, by John Barrowman, at The Hiding Spot
The Incorrigible Childreon of Aston Place, by Maryrose Wood, at Hope is the Word (series review)
Keepers of the Lost Cities, by Shannon Messenger, at The Hiding Spot and Deb A. Marshall
The Last Dragonslayer, by Jasper Fforde, at alibrarymama
Magic Zero, by Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski, at Little Willow
The Name of This Book is Secret, by Pseudonymous Bosch, at The Book Monsters
The Princess and the Goblin, by George MacDonald, at Hope is the Word
Quest for the Spark, Book 3 (Bone), by Tom Sniegoski, at Back to Books
The Rope Trick, by Lloyd Alexander, at Fantasy Literature
The Runaway King, by Jennifer Nielsen, at Bookshelves of Doom
The Silver Door, by Emily Rodda, at Charlotte's Library
Skellig, by David Almond, at Bibliophilic Monologues
Stolen Magic, by Stephanie Burgis, at The Book Smugglers and Charlotte's Library
A Tangle of Knots, by Lisa Graff, at A Foodie Bibliophile
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop, by Kate Saunders, at Becky's Book Reviews
Wildwood, by Colin Meloy, at Mister K Reads
Two by Diana Wynne Jones--Charmed Life, and Archer's Goon, at You Can Never Have Too Many Books
And finally, the Horn Book has a nice look at The Hero's Journey, incuding The Hero’s Guide to Storming the Castle, Jinx, The Cabinet of Earths, and Poison
Authors and Interviews
David Almond, at The Telegraph--"Children's books shouldn't sit still and behave"
Stephanie Burgis (Stolen Magic) at The Book Smugglers and Cari's Book Blog
Marissa Moss (Mira's Diary: Home Sweet Rome) at The Hiding Spot
Jennifer Nielsen (The Runaway King) at Book Nut
Barry Hutchison (The Book of Doom) at Bart's Bookshelf
William Alexander (Goblin Secrets) at The Enchanted Inkpot
Kit Grindstaff (The Flame in the Mist) at Random Acts of Reading
Claire Caterer (The Key and the Flame) at All Four One and OneFour Kidlit
Other Good Stuff
The New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards have been announced, and include some interesting looking sff; the judges, however, decried the "'girl power' void in new books for Kiwi kids." Huh.
On the subject of girls, it is Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy Month at Fantasy Cafe, and this week The Book Smugglers swung by with a list of great YA and MG SFF books by women.
And for those, like me, who find the world of competitive rabbit jumping incredibly appealing, here are bunnies in action! (thanks to Jenny at Light Reading)
Great links. I already checked out the interview of Jennifer Nielsen that I'd missed.
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