Blog Tour Review: The Obsidian Pebble by Rhys A Jones
11-year old Oz Chambers lives in a haunted house (Penwurt). His mother wants to move, but Oz would rather do double algebra (yuck) every day for twelve months than leave. Where others see spooky, Oz...
View ArticleReview: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius—and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the...
View ArticleReview: Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson
Hilary Westfield has always dreamed of being a pirate. She can tread water for thirty-seven minutes. She can tie a knot faster than a fleet of sailors, and she already owns a rather pointy sword....
View ArticleInfographic: 15 Books That Will Transform Your Kid into a Reader
I was sent this fantastic infographic from Penguin and couldn’t help but post it! Every parent is looking for the perfect gift for their child this time of year. Using this chart, you can find a book...
View ArticleReview: Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King by William Joyce
Before SANTA was SANTA, he was North, Nicholas St. North—a daredevil swordsman whose prowess with double scimitars was legendary. Like any swashbuckling young warrior, North seeks treasure and...
View ArticleReview: Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee
A modern-day fairy tale set in a mysterious museum that is perfect for readers of Roald Dahl and Blue Balliett. Unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard doesn’t believe in anything that can’t...
View ArticlePicture Book Reviews: Dragons, Fishes, and Tigers, Oh My!
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party, you should...
View ArticleReview: Knightley & Son by Rohan Gavin
The once highly in-demand detective Alan Knightley has just woken up after an unexplained incident kept him asleep for four years. While he was out cold, his son, Darkus, took it upon himself to read...
View ArticleCover Reveal: The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
One of the biggest series that I’ve been keeping my eye out for this year is Holly Black, co-author of The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Cassandra Clare’s, author of The Mortal Instruments trilogy,...
View ArticleReview: The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
All aboard for an action-packed escapade from the internationally bestselling author of Airborne and the Silverwing trilogy. The Boundless, the greatest train ever built, is on its maiden voyage across...
View ArticleReview: Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck that left baby Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie...
View ArticleCover Reveal: The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
About a year ago, when my brother and I first started working for Scholastic, one of the most exciting things we started doing was working on submissions. We read vigorously to find a diamond in the...
View ArticleCover Reveal: The Boy Who Lost Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente
This morning, USA Today revealed the cover to the fourth book in Catherynne M. Valente’s Fairyland series from Feiwel & Friends! I love these covers so much for their deep ties to classic fantasy...
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