If Maya Makes a Mess was nonfiction, if author Rutu Modan had created an illustrated account of a real Maya’s actual dinner manners, tha...

My latest column is mostly not mine. After my brief introduction is an actual thank you letter from my wife's cousin, Mark, to their g...

Simply put, Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger is a book that grown-ups should be recommending to young readers. As a public service, I offer...

While searching for her favorite food, opihi (oh-PEE-hay, a delicious sea snail), in a seaside pool, a young woman named Kalei has a run-i...

“Chickie, let’s make masks!” begins Chick in this latest offering from Toon Books . But not just any masks, as young readers quickly find ...

Since this article was originally published in the local newspaper a week ago, people have told me about Erik Estrada, Shaun Cassidy and ...

There are approximately 4 million children born each year in the United States. That means there are around 8 million two- and three-year...

I had been hearing about The One and Only Ivan  for a while and planned to buy the book sooner than later, when one Monday morning it simp...

Now that the weather is swinging towards summer, we're not in the basement quite as much as in winter. But the games are ongoing, and...

Much has been said and written about Wonder by R. J. Palacio during its short existence on bookstore and library shelves. Even before it...

All delicious, but none miraculous. This column appeared yesterday in the local newspaper . If anyone is interested, the recipe is avail...

About a year and a half ago I published a series of posts about my class's experience reading Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer and how som...

"I pity the fool who won't be my valentine!" This column originally ran yesterday, February 13 (which explains the "t...

Sometimes - no, oftentimes - the simplest books end up being the best books. Here is a 100% complete summary of I Want My Hat Back . Eh-he...

When my son asked me about  having superpowers, he meant it as a "What if...?" question. Instead it lead my brain down a rabbit ...

This site is generally home to children’s book recommendations, but occasionally a grown-up book comes along that deserves a mention. I ha...

Thank you to the Nerdy Book Club blog for giving me the opportunity to share about junior high study hall, pink eye, and other such readin...

After The Mysteries of Harris Burdick poked and prodded the imaginations of countless readers over the years, now comes The Chronicles of...

The introduction to The Mysteries of Harris Burdick explains how a mysterious man - Harris Burdick - arrived at a publishing company one ...

When Conor awakens at 12:07, seven minutes past midnight, he should be thankful. Sort of. Waking up from a recurring nightmare brings a me...

This column appeared in last Monday's local newspaper. The intensity has been turned up a notch or two at practices, or so the boy t...