Upsetting the mystique: Elves in Now You See It… by Vivian Vande Velde
PROLOGUE How can parents who’ve named their daughter Wendy ever expect her to be taken seriously? If you’ve never read any books by Vivian Vande Velde, I highly recommend her […]
Category Archives: Magical Creatures
Review: A Harvest of Ripe Figs by Shira Glassman
“I love you because you never tried to smooth me out.” “No,” said Isaac. “I sharpened you.” (p. 168) The detective queen is back! Shulamit of Perach and her partners in […]
Review: Climbing the Date Palm by Shira Glassman
Climbing the Date Palm is the second book in the Mangoverse series (The Second Mango is the first – you might want to start there) buuuut this one fits better with […]
A brief look at history and memory in the works of Diana Wynne Jones
History and memory are inextricably connected with perspective and interpretation. All of Diana Wynne Jones’s books are concerned with perspective and interpretation, and as quite a few directly involve history […]
Mansioning the role of detective: Elodie in A Tale of Two Castles
Brief synopsis: Elodie leaves her home island of Lahnt to the city Two Castles, so named for the two castles within it, that of the king of Lepai (King Grenville […]
Nafiza Recommends: Chime by Franny Billingsley
I’d better start with a confession, Nafiza: the first time I read Chime, I didn’t like it. I mean, I got why you did: the atmosphere of the setting; the little […]
There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight by Penny Parker Klostermann, Ben Mantle (Illustrations)
Hardcover, 40 pages Expected publication: August 4th 2015 by Random House Books for Young Readers Source: Publisher There Was An Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight is a play on the […]
Review: Shadow Scale (Seraphina #2) by Rachel Hartman
Hardcover, 608 pages Published March 10th 2015 by Random House Children’s Books Source: Publisher Shadow Scale is a sequel to Seraphina and will most probably contain spoilers for the first book in this […]
Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire: A Gushing Review
Hardcover, 475 pages Published September 9th 2014 by Candlewick Press Source: Publisher I loved this book. Oh how I loved this book. If I were to count the ways, I’d […]
Clover’s Luck (The Magical Animal Adoption Agency #1) by Kallie George: A Review
Hardcover, 144 pages Expected publication: February 3rd 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Source: Author Clover’s Luck is the first in a new early reader series by Kallie George who is a […]
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