Year: 2012

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.

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.

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.