Book Review: The Cat Who Came in off the Roof
This classic children’s story is silly in all the best ways. Think 101 Dalmatians or Mr. Popper’s Penguins, but with cats, and prepare to suspend your disbelief accordingly.
3 Great Nonfiction Reads from 2023
It’s the end of the year, which makes it a good time to reflect back on this year’s best reads. Of all of the nonfiction books I read in 2023, here are 3 books that I find myself talking about most often to family and friends in the real world.
Book Review: Better with Books by Melissa Hart
Packed with recommendations for diverse and relatable books on topics such as immigration, adoption, body image, and gender/sexual identity, Melissa Hart’s Better with Books has proven invaluable to me as a library assistant and Book Aunt.
Book Review: In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant
My 14-year-old was completely obsessed with this book for at least two days, so of course I had to read it to see what all the fuss was about.
Book Review: The Famoux by Kassandra Tate
My 14-year-old was completely obsessed with this book for at least two days, so of course I had to read it to see what all the fuss was about.
Book Review: Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made by Stephen Pastis
School’s back in session, which means I’m once again sneaking peeks at the books that cross my path courtesy of the kids at the local middle school library.
Detecting and neutralizing misinformation, a couple of book reviews, and other tidbits that crossed my desk this week: A Caterpickles miscellany*
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reading about how to detect and neutralize misinformation this week –and how to teach my daughter to do the same. Here are a few of the articles, blog posts, and books I’ve found most helpful.
First Impressions: Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
The last novel in verse I read was Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. After finishing it, I decided that novels in verse are fine, but poems are a kind of contrived way to tell a story. Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam’s Punching the Air is forcing me to reconsider.
Book Reviews: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen and A Bedtime for Bear by Bonny Becker
The more targeted approach to tackling my To-Read pile inspired by the folks at The OcTBR Challenge has resulted in me reading a ton of great books this month. In today’s post, I’ll tell you about four of them.
What I’ve been reading in between bouts of doom-scrolling the news
The world is a bit of a dumpster fire today, so let’s distract ourselves by talking about books, shall we? In today’s post, I’ll tell you about three great middle grade books and my very exciting shout-out on today’s episode of the Terrible Lizards podcast.
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