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
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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
I just finished reading We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March, by Cynthia Levinson (Peachtree). Although I was born in 1961 and wasn’t aware of current events of the 60’s as they happened, I have read quite a … 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’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
The spacecraft Kepler was launched last night at 10:49pm and we were there. We watched from a park on the water with a direct sight line to the launch pad about 5 miles away and listened to the countdown on … Continue reading
All throughout my career in children’s bookselling/publishing, I have heard and read many debates about so-called “issue books” – yes, of course they are necessary, but are they good literature? Why do we want kids to read them? Etc…I could … Continue reading