Mirela Roznoveanu is a literary critic, writer, and journalist who has published novels, literary criticism, essays, and poetry. We talked to Roznoveanu about her book Old Romanian Fairytales, in which she has translated the fairytales she loved as a child.
Month: August 2012
Book Spotlight: The Stone GirlThe Children’s Book Review The Stone Girl Written by Alyssa B. Sheinmel Ages: 12+ | 224 Pages Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers | ISBN-13: 978-0375870804 She feels like a creature out of a fairy tale; a girl who discovers that her bones are really made out of stone, that her
The present book of English translations by Mirela Roznoveanu, titled Old Romanian Fairy Tales, with illustrations by Alexandra Conte captures and conveys great narratives of the Romanian folklore. This is a book for all libraries that carries children’s books with collections of cultural studies, folklore, and cultural anthropology.
Writing “The Stone Girl” was not particularly fun for Alyssa B. Sheinmel. It was exhilarating, from time to time, because she was writing about things she’d never written about before, going someplace darker and deeper than she’d ever been as a writer.
Enter to win one of five autographed copies of Carolyn Snelling’s book Christ’s Cake.
Giveaway begins August 15, 2012, at 12:01 A.M. PST and ends September 12, 2012, at 11:59 P.M. PST.
Book Spotlight: The Park Bench/El banco del parqueThe Children’s Book Review The Park Bench/El banco del parque Written by…
September is just a few short weeks away and children going into kindergarten will enter a whole new realm that is really quite different from Pre-K or daycare settings. The following books will help explain the school setting and hopefully clear up any doubts or lingering fears in preparation for the first day of school.
We were thrilled when Joli Huynh of Actin’ Up With Books agreed to put together her list of top five books she can’t wait to read this autumn. Summer may be almost over, but exciting new fall titles are just around the corner.
As the London 2012 Olympics come to a close, you may be looking for a way to fill the void which was recently filled with hours-on-end of summer sports. The following books may be just what you’re looking for; they offer samplings of ancient and early modern Olympics, gymnastics and some good, old-fashioned exploration of London.
In honor of the real heart of summer, here’s a list of books that send their main characters on a journey, a trip, somewhere new. (And if you and your family didn’t pack your bags this summer, here is the beauty of a book—the vicarious experience of travel.)