In honor of World Poetry Day (Today, March 21st) I am featuring BUG OFF! CREEPY, CRAWLY POEMS by Jane Yolen. I’m not a fan of insects and frequently curse their existence when I spend any time outdoors. Mosquitoes seem to love me and will flock to me from miles around. (Sadly, there isn’t a poem [Keep Reading]
I have enjoyed several of Gail Carson Levine’s books in the past and was very curious when I saw that this poetry collection was written by her as well. I hope you don’t think I’m ignorant, but I had never heard of false apology poems before picking up this book and while I know the [Keep Reading]
Jack Prelutsky is back with 100 brand-new poems. I was so excited when I got my hands on this book because I have really enjoyed his poetry collections in the past like A PIZZA THE SIZE OF THE SUN, THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, and THE DRAGONS ARE SINGING TONIGHT. But, it didn’t take [Keep Reading]
Brewster “Bruiser” Rawlins is a loner. He was voted “Most Likely to Go to Jail” and isn’t someone people take the time to get to know. Tennyson, a well-liked, popular guy is just like everyone else and doesn’t really give Bruiser much thought – until his sister, Bronte, starts dating him. Bronte has always had [Keep Reading]
Jack is back!
This week I started reading books by Sonya Sones. Our 8th grade book club is reading One of Those Hideous Book Where the Mother Dies for their discussion in November so I decided I better read it before we meet. Well, since it is written in verse it definately is a fast read, but also once [Keep Reading]
