Happy daylight savings time (Maybe. I'd like to keep falling back myself, with lots more light anyway). Here's another weeks worth ...

Science fiction for the upper middle grade reader (especially the sort that takes place out in space) is thin on the ground these days. Ha...

"Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn't go, there lived a cold, aggr...

The Hunter's Moon , by O.R. Melling (first published in Ireland in 1993, published in the US in 2006 by Amulet Books, YA, 305 pages) Ame...

If you get books in the mail on a regular basis, you, like me, might have a build-up of used padded envelopes. I will not throw them away.....

Here's another book coming out this fall that I'm looking forward to lots, this time from Deva Fagan . Deva's most recent book,...

I had a light hearted post in mind for this evening in honor of International Women's Day, which is today....but then I read the news. L...

Today's Timeslip Tuesday book is a wild and wacky ride back to 1668-- Another Whole Nother Story , by Dr. Cuthbert Soup (Bloomsbury, De...

The Bloomswell Diaries , by Louis L. Buitendag (Kane Miller, 2011, middle grade, 272 pages) Young Ben Bloomswell is used to his parents goin...

Good morning! Here's another week's worth of what I found in my blog reading. Please do let me know if I missed your post! And t...

The ancient Irish tale of the great hero Finn mac Cumhail tells how he chased a white deer and found the love of his life. For the deer wa...

I had the pleasure of meeting Anne Ursu, whose Chronus Chronicle series I like lots, at last fall's kidlit con. She mentioned that her...

If you are looking for a book to give your 12 year old (ish) boy (especially if he thinks of himself as rather good at math) that will open ...

So there I was last week, jammed into the book sorting closet at the library, going through the latest round of discards in preparation for ...

Here are the new releases of sci fi and fanasy for kids and teens from the first half of March! My information comes, as always, from Teens...

Hi. Here's another week's worth of the mg sff posts I found. I posted this yesterday, so if you had a post of your own on Saturday...

House of the Star , by Caitlin Brennan , aka Judith Tarr, (2010, Tor, middle grade, 288 pages) is an absolutely must-read book for any youn...