Tag: Middle-Grade Fiction

I’m Back!

Posted Mar 30 2017 in Book Reviews, Children's Book Reviews, Magic, middle reader, Middle-Grade Fiction, Self Assurance, Young-adult fiction

Have you ever had to move to a new neighborhood, or change schools, or be set in any kind of new environment?  I don’t know about you, but I find it scary and stressful. How do you deal with changes? I get a bit on the manic side and hide in bluster.  So, I picked […]

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Changing Seasons

Posted Nov 3 2016 in Bloomsbury Children’s Books, Book Reviews, Chapter Books, Children's Book Reviews, Elise Allen, Halle Stanford, Middle-Grade Fiction, Paige Pooler, Rodman Philbrick, Seasons, Skiing, The Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, Inc., Weather, Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Children’s BooksRandom House LLC/ Penguin Random House Company, Winter, Young-adult fiction

The weather may still be warm in your neck of the woods, but we are in November already. Which means winter is on the way. I thought you might like a little hint of what can happen in the cold months. I’m not a big fan of the cold, it makes my hands and feet […]

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In Honor of Scotty Andersen and his lovely Wife, Linda

Posted Jun 23 2016 in Book Reviews, Children's Book Reviews, Family Dynamics; Finding oneself; Learning one's place; Forgiveness, Lois Lowry, Middle-Grade Fiction, Rachel Hickman, Responsibility, Self Assurance, Summer, Wendy Mills, Young-adult fiction

  After a well-fought battle to concur lung problems, Linda Martin Andersen’s beloved husband Scotty “shuffled off this mortal coil” and is now breathing easily.  So, sad as the topic may be, I thought I would talk about three stellar books written on the subject of dealing with death. I do hope you readers and […]

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