What’s up with my family?
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review
Published: March 15, 2010
Middle School Confidential: What’s Up with My Family?
Reading level: Young adults
Paperback: 90 pages
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing (2010)
Source of book: author
What to expect: Answers to family issues such as: death, anxiety, sibling rivalries Read more
Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000
By Luisa LaFleur, The Children’s Book Review
Published: February 17, 2010
Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000
by Eric Wight (author and illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 7-10
Paperback: 86 pages
Publisher: Simon and Schuster (forthcoming)
Source of book: author
What to expect: Overcoming adversity, importance of teamwork Read more
Giveaway: Personalized Signed Copy of Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: February 16, 2010
We first met Frankie Pickle in Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom, which Luisa LaFleur called “a rip-roaring good read!” This time, the imaginative character stars in Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000—an action-packed adventure that showcases the importance of teamwork. The author, Eric Wight, is a great guy—you can get to know him better, here. He has offered to give one of our readers a personalized signed copy of Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000. Read more
Tales Fom Outer Suburbia: Shaun Tan
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: July 22, 2009
by Shaun Tan
Reading level: 12+
Hardcover: 98 pages
Publisher: Templar Publishing (March 2, 2009)
What to expect: Suburbian life, Australia, Short stories, Fiction
A poetic look at human nature through 15 imaginative and abstract tales that create a mysterious, yet philosophical, world.
