Technically, I guess, the title of this book is ! . That’s all there is on the cover, anyway. A picture of a smiling exclamation mark. (T...

When I picked up Dead End in Norvelt , I knew nothing about towns like Norvelt , Pennsylvania. What I did know about were books by Jack ...

If you are one of those people who wait patiently for the next Mo Willems book release, wondering if it will be a welcome addition to chil...

One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt is a book that climbs off the page, sneaks up your arms, slides into your head, and then sits...

I’m a big fan of the Origami Yoda books (as evidenced here and here and even though I haven’t reviewed it, I liked The Secret of the F...

It’s good to know that literature imitates life. Or life imitates literature. Or is that art? Isn’t there a phrase something like that? ...

Dear Mr. W, In Hold Fast I see three main parts in the story. There is a family that is homeless, the missing person mystery, and the dia...

Dear Mr. W, I just finished Bomb by Steve Sheinkin. It is about the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. There are four pa...

This sample journal entry is actually three entries in one. After the introduction paragraph, the following paragraphs were written to me...

Dear Mr. W, Melvin Beederman is a superhero. The first book in the Melvin Beederman series is  The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich . Melv...

Dear Mr. W, The main difference between first person point-of-view and third person point-of-view is who is telling the story. In first...

Dear Mr. W, I just started reading The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg and already I have been able to make some inferences. I k...

After reading an ARC of Hold Fast , I immediately changed my read aloud schedule, moving the book to the top of the list for sixth grade....

Maybe it's just me, but don't some books just push you away? No, wait, that's not right. Let me rephrase that. Sometimes there...

Dear Mr. Wilhorn, I’m reading Wonder by R. J. Palacio and I’m telling some character traits for Jack. I thought I had a pretty good i...

The latest novel from Clare Vanderpool , Navigating Early , arrives in stores today. Had I known about her Newbery-winning debut novel, M...

Dear Mr. W, In the chapter I just read from The Year of Miss Agnes , there is an important theme that Fred tells the reader. When Bokko b...