The Reviews
The Alchemist War, by John Seven, at Sharon the Librarian
The Aviary, by Kathleen O'Dell, at Great Imaginations
The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander, at Hope is the Word
The Bridge to Never Land, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson at Fyrefly's Book Blog
The Creature Department, by Robert Paul Weston, at Good Books and Good Wine
Dark Lord: School's Out, by Jamie Thompson, at Charlotte's Library
Dogsbody, by Diana Wynne Jones, at Here There Be Books
Doll Bones, by Holly Black, at Readaraptor
Earthfall, by Mark Walden, at Fantasy Book Critic
The Finisher, by David Baldacci, at On Starships and Dragonwings
The Forbidden Library, by Django Wexler, at Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books
Fortune's Folly, by Deva Fagan, at Small Review
Game of Clones, by M. E. Castle, at Mom Read It
Grimmtastic Girls, by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, at The Write Path
How I Became a Ghost, by Tim Tingle, at By Singing Light
The Iron Empire, by James Dashner, at Charlotte's Library
Lord and Lady Bunny- Almost Royalty, by Polly Horvath, at Book Nut
The Mark of the Dragonfly, by Jaleigh Johnson, at Word Spelunking (also an interview)
Mary Poppins, by P.L. Travers, at Tor
The Mythomaniacs, by Jules Bass, at The Children's Book Review
The Night Gardener, by Jonathan Auxier, at Fuse #8
Operation Bunny, by Sally Gardner, at the New York Times and Wondrous Reads
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, by Karen Foxlee, at My Precious and Word Spelunking
The Orphan and the Thief, by M. L. Legette, at The Ninja Librarian
The Prince Who Fell From the Sky, by John Claude Bemis, at Dead Houseplants
The Purple Girl, by Audrey Kane, at thebookshelfgargoyle
The Quirks in Circus Quirkus, by Erin Soderberg, at Story Time Secrets
The Real Boy, by Anne Ursu, at Batch of Books
The Ruby Pendant, by Dorine White, at Laurisa White Reyes
Rump, by Liesl Shurtliff, at Jean Little Library
Sky Raiders, by Brandon Mull, at Ms. Yingling Reads
The Spell Robbers (Quantum League 1), by Matthew J. Kirby, at The Hiding Spot
Switched at Birthday, by Natalie Standiford, at Charlotte's Library
The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket, by John Boyne, at Nerdy Book Club
Tesla's Attic, by Neal Shusterman & Eric Elfman, at Akossiwa Ketoglo
The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop, by Kate Saunders, at The Book Monsters
Witch Week, by Diana Wynne Jones, at Tales of the Marvelous
A World Without Princes, by Soman Chainani, at The Social Potato Reviews
Pushing YA-wards, and not exactly spec. fic., but of great interest--three books about kids creating imaginary worlds at Seven Miles of Steel Thistles --Peter's Room, by Antonia Forest, They Do Things Differently There, by Jan Mark, and The Traitor Game, by B.R.Collins.
And at Views from the Tesseract, a threesome of aliens
Authors and Interviews
Maureen Doyle McQuerry (Time Out of Time: Beyond the Door) at The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia
Lauren Magaziner (The Only Thing Worse Than Witches), at Word Spelunking
M.P Kozlowksy (Dyerville Tales) at Middle Grade March
Rachel Searles (The Lost Planet) at Middle Grade March
Other Good Stuff:
"The 10 best fictional evil children" at The Guardian
Jim Hensen's Creature Shop Challenge premieres on SyFy March 25; read more at Once Upon a Blog
And also from Once Up a Blog, Snow White in her glass casket is on display at the Museum of Natural History in NY, as part of their "Power of Poison" exhibit.
Charlotte, did you see the pieces by Walter Dean Myers and son Christopher Myers in the New York Times today? They're frontpaged on the website, righthand side. They both address different aspects of the issues we've discussed before... both the paucity of black protagonists, and the limited storylines available to those who do exist.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't--thanks for the heads up!
DeleteWhoa on that Snow White Display! Thanks for the round-up!
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