About this site
Recently I have gone back to school, but prior to that I spent five years working as the librarian at two small schools in rural Nova Scotia, Canada. The schools span all grades (ages 4-17) so I read a wide variety of books, from wordless picture books to novels originally published for adults that have teen appeal. Due to that happy circumstance, as well as my enrollment in a Literature for Children and Young Adults course in January 2011 that required a reading log, I began by using this blog to respond to books for youth. Although I have ceased to work in a school setting, I will do my best to continue to post reviews that will also include books for adults.
Unless otherwise noted, all the books I review are from local public libraries.
Unless otherwise noted, all the books I review are from local public libraries.
Book Tally (for course reading log)
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. Farm
3. Binky the Space Cat
4. Plain Kate
5. Amelia Earhart: this broad ocean
6. Lessons from a dead girl
7. Chalk
8. You and me together: Moms, Dads, and kids around the world
9. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
10. The secret of Grim Hill
11. When you reach me
12. Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
13. City Dog, Country Frog
14. Bink & Gollie
15. The terrible plop
16. Rain school
17. The black book of colors
18. Mindblind
19. The hidden gallery (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, book 2)
20. The red tree
21. Nasreen's secret school
22. Houdini: the handcuff king
23. Mirror mirror
24. Dealing with dragons
25. Rhyming dust bunnies
26. LMNO Peas
27. Kin (The good neighbors, book 1)
28. Stone Fox
29. The chicken thief
30. Millie waits for the mail
31. The little prince
32. Houndsley and Catina and the quiet time
33. The gift of nothing
34. A Mango-shaped space
35. Room
36. Red sings from treetops
37. The Middle Passage
38. A long way gone
39. Little Panda
40. Hereville: how Mirka got her sword
2. Farm
3. Binky the Space Cat
4. Plain Kate
5. Amelia Earhart: this broad ocean
6. Lessons from a dead girl
7. Chalk
8. You and me together: Moms, Dads, and kids around the world
9. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
10. The secret of Grim Hill
11. When you reach me
12. Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
13. City Dog, Country Frog
14. Bink & Gollie
15. The terrible plop
16. Rain school
17. The black book of colors
18. Mindblind
19. The hidden gallery (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, book 2)
20. The red tree
21. Nasreen's secret school
22. Houdini: the handcuff king
23. Mirror mirror
24. Dealing with dragons
25. Rhyming dust bunnies
26. LMNO Peas
27. Kin (The good neighbors, book 1)
28. Stone Fox
29. The chicken thief
30. Millie waits for the mail
31. The little prince
32. Houndsley and Catina and the quiet time
33. The gift of nothing
34. A Mango-shaped space
35. Room
36. Red sings from treetops
37. The Middle Passage
38. A long way gone
39. Little Panda
40. Hereville: how Mirka got her sword