Today, animals play leading roles in many bestselling novels, from the dog Almondine in The Story of Edgar Sawtelle to Marcellus, the Pacific octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures. In a … Read more EmailBlueskyLinkedIn分享 Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Birds, Book Reviews, ...
Patricia MacLachlanis the author of many novels for children, including the Newbery Medal-winningSarah, Plain and Tall;Baby; Waiting for Magic;andThe Truth of Me. Among her picture books areSnowflakes Fall, The Iridescence of Birds, Someone Like Me,andWhat You Know First. She lives in Western...
“The setting sun was a lumpy clementine in a net bag of string clouds. The air, so cool and damp. A few birds moaned in falling tones.”David Litchfield’s lively and breathtaking artwork makes this story sing. Readers will delight in his colorful eye-popping images. I believe my favori...
“This is very similar to Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels(Smile, Guts) about anxiety, and somewhat similar to Wang’sStargazingor Myracle’sBig Sister, so I think it will be popular. The colors are generally somewhat bright, but darker to showcase Maggie’s thought spirals. I really enjo...
And within an hour, they were in the top six on Amazon’s list of children’s ebooks about birds — appearing right next to one of the very first books that I’d ever read in my life! Amazon had surprised me by publishing my book within 12 hours after I’d submitted it to the Ki...
Pullman’s trilogy is made up of the three novels “The Northern Lights” (called “The Golden Compass” in the USA and in the movie adaptation), “The Subtle Knife”, and “The Amber Spyglass”. We choose this genre partly through personal passion and partly because of the range of ...
Then Caleb meets Kit — a vibrant, independent, and free girl — and his world changes instantly. Kit reads Caleb’s palm and tells him they are destined to become friends. She calls birds down from the sky and turns every day into an adventure. Her magic is contagious, making Caleb que...
COOK, by Leslie Connor, was one of my favorite middle-grade novels of 2016, a year filled with especially strong middle-grade titles.Eleven-year-old Perry Cook, born and raised in the minimum security prison where his mom serves a term for manslaughter, knows all about family. In addition...
After learning about how the swallows travel from South America to California each year, a young boy grows a small garden to provide sanctuary to a returning family of birds in "Song of the Swallows." The book is sprinkled with Spanish phrases and offers young readers an introductio...
Patricia MacLachlanis the celebrated author of many timeless books for young readers, includingSarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal. Her novels for young readers includeSkylark,Caleb’s Story, More Perfect than the Moon, Grandfather’s Dance, Word After Word After Word, Kindred Sou...