Below are the reviews I wrote for the March issue of Parents Express (Philadelphia.) Nonfiction continues to flourish and one of my favorite categories, picture book biographies, just gets better and better. People written about previously receive imaginative and skillful … Continue reading
Category Archives: Book Reviews/Picture Books
I haven’t posted book reviews in quite a while, though I write them every month. Bobbie began writing reviews for the Parents Express 30 years ago! Now I write them though she helps out when I’m in a bind, as … Continue reading
I found out recently that the links to our reviews published in Parents Express can be problematic so I’ve decided to post the reviews here once they’re live online. The paper editions are available locally (in the Philadelphia and southern … Continue reading
Here’s a link to our book reviews published in the February issue of Parent’s Express (Philadelphia.) http://montgomerynews.com/articles/2012/02/12/parents_express/columns/doc4f297f2473292113934612.txt … Continue reading
Here’s a link to our book reviews for July published in the Parents Express — Bobbie’s Books of the Month – Parents Express – Montgomery News. … Continue reading
Here are my June reviews for the Philadelphia Parents Express. … Continue reading
Here’s a link to our April reviews in the Philadelphia Parents Express — April Bobbie’s Books of the Month – Parents Express – Montgomery News … Continue reading
Bird, Butterfly, EelStory and paintings by James ProsekSimon & Schuster, hardcover978-0-689-86829-0 I hadn’t read the author’s first book for children, A Good Day’s Fishing, but I did read his YA novel, The Day My Mother Left. I loved the gentle … Continue reading
Monarch and Milkweedby Helen Frost and illus. by Leonid GoreAtheneum/S & S, hardcover, $17.99ages 4-8 A couple of years ago I did a project for an author who had written a children’s book about butterflies and so I have more … Continue reading
The day’s half over here in MST and I’m just getting around to posting a review for Nonfiction Monday. However, I discovered that my first choice, Women Daredevils was already included in the roundup (well done Fuse#8!)and my second choice, … Continue reading