I grew up reading Newbery books, and my writing has been strongly influenced by them. The Newbery is the highest American award given for children’s literature every year since 1922. These books helped cement my love of reading, fueled my choice to go into children’s education, and pushed me to try my own hand at […]
Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan
I have wanted to read Sarah, Plain and Tall for years and years. Decades. It just never got onto my reading list till I stumbled across it this summer and it came to memory again. This one is well-decorated. It took the Newbery, Scott O’Dell Award, and Kite Award in 1986—all prestigious honors. Did the […]
Action Kids' Club, by Lydia Howe
I have a guest post and blog tour stop for you today from Lydia Howe, aka Aidyl Ewoh, author of the Action Kids Series. Make sure you don’t miss the link to Lydia’s Rafflecopter giveaway. My freebie blog won’t let me embed the actual contest, so I made the link to it big and red. 🙂 And […]
Legend of Monster Island (Monster Moon, 3), by BBH McChiller
Just a reminder…the Emblazon Rafflecopter is going on till Monday. There’s still time to enter to win a Kindle loaded with 52 books. Or drop by the live Facebook party happening all day today for lots of smaller prizes. Okay, carry on… This series is a favorite with my boys. They like the books because they’re creepy […]
The Gypsy Pearl 2: Craggy, by Lia London
I rushed to get a copy of this sequel. Book one is my favorite by author Lia London to date. I liked the space frontier settings, the sensory details, and the humor and spunk of the heroine. Book two has all of the above plus a deepening of the adventure as well as the stakes. […]
What Dreams May Come, by Beth Honeycutt
I read and reviewed What Dreams May Come at the request of the author, whom I had met online through the Clean Indie Reads group this past spring. I really enjoyed it! As an afterthought, I realized it would also be totally appropriate to feature here on Bookworm Blather. I was a little hesitant to pick this […]
Newbery Honor Books, 2011-2020
This one’s obviously not finished yet, but you can find the most recent Newbery honor books below. I’ll link to any reviews I’ve written, as well. Asterics indicate books I’ve read for my personal Newbery challenge but not reviewed. 2014 Doll Bones, by Holly Black. The Year of Billy Miller, by Kevin Henkes. One Came […]
Trusted: Dragons’ Trust Book 1, by Krista Wayment
Another dragon book. That was my rather reluctant thought when I picked this one up. There are a lot of dragon books out there, more than I realized when I wrote my own. But I’d been told this one was good… I liked it more than Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, the dragonesque Newbery […]
Ragesong: Awakening, by J. R. Simmons
I love surprises. I especially love good surprises. And I really, really like it when that good surprise turns out to be only the first of several. That’s the case for Awakening. I loved the book, and it’s the first of a series. Book two, Uprising, just released in June. I’m getting it. Since I’ve […]
Lost in the Bayou, by Cornell DeVille
I love this cover. It sucked me in immediately. I’ve always liked survival stories, and this one looked intriguing. Whoa! It got intense in a hurry. Andy and Robin are orphans, or so everyone “official” is telling them, even though the bodies of their parents have not been found. It’s a new role for them […]