When I heard that the main character in Each Tiny Spark has Inattentive Type ADHD (they used to call it ADD), I knew I had to read it. My ten year old daughter was diagnosed with ADHD last year and as we navigate the support she needs at school and at home, reading books […]
Genre: Middle Grade
Average Rating: 4.3
City Of Ghosts By Victoria Schwab
City of Ghosts plays upon the idea that I have always sensed about old places…they are haunted! In Cassidy’s world, she is able to sense and see ghosts to the point that her BFF Jacob is actually a ghost. Her parents, one skeptic and one believer, play an appropriately background role while providing a little […]
Girl Power Graphic Novels!
When I was contacted and asked if I would be interested in talking about some girl power graphic novels, I couldn’t say YES fast enough! Until a few years ago, I hadn’t been a big graphic novel reader, but that has changed! My kids and I have been enjoying some of the fantastic stories […]
Blog Tour: Once Upon A Princess
Welcome to my stop in the tour for a delightful middle grade read, Once Upon A Princess! I have the author, Christine Marciniak, on the blog today to answer a few questions. Here’s a little bit about the book: What were the main challenges you faced with setting a present day princess story that […]
Blog Tour: Spy On History – Victor Dowd And The WW II Ghost Army
I’ll just get right to the point and tell you that the Spy on History books are so freaking cool! I love anything that “uncovers” history, meaning it brings to light an unknown corner of a well known event. In Victor Dowd’s story, there is the kind of heroism and creativity that makes World War […]
Blog Tour: We Are Party People
Welcome to my stop on the tour for We Are Party People by Leslie Margolis. Once you’ve read my thoughts on this fun middle grade book, don;t forget to enter for a chance to win a finished copy and check out the other stops on the tour! We Are Party People […]
Real Friends By Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham
Real Friends is a semi-autobiographical graphic novel chronicling the late elementary school years of Shannon Hale. Along with the gorgeous illustrations of LeUyen Pham, who you may know from The Princess in Black series, it tells the story of triumph and heartbreak and all of the terrible and awkward feelings that come along with finding […]
Giveaway – Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
Welcome to my Lost in a Book Giveaway! Thanks to Disney Press for sending me the books, and for providing a prize pack! You won’t want to miss out on this addition to the Beauty and the Beast universe and the prize pack is pretty amazing. So many books! Here’s a little bit about Lost […]
Zita The Spacegirl By Ben Hatke
My son actually picked this up the last time we were at our local indie and he devoured it. Being a fan of Ben Hatke’s work, I picked it up and was thrown into the bizarre and creative world of Zita the Spacegirl. Zita and her best friend, Joseph, find a strange contraption with a […]
The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks
I have only recently started reading graphic novels and, as I’m sure most of you know, there are a lot of awesome books out there to discover! I loved The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks (seriously, it is so funny) so I was thrilled to read The Nameless City. The occupying forces […]