Category Archives: Kids’ titles adults will love

Remembering the books our mothers read to us

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Sarah Chain

I’ve loved reading from the time I was young. Trips to the library were long, drawn-out adventures as my mom would take books from the shelves and slip them into our bag, pausing every so often to flip through pages. … Continue reading →

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Recently released: ‘Darth Vader and Son’

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Sarah Chain

Read a quick preview of a recently released book by entertainment reporter Erin McCracken: Darth Vader as dad Artist and author Jeffrey Brown turned one of the most famous (and flubbed) movie lines, “Luke, I am your father,” into the … Continue reading →

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Series Sunday: ‘Marked’

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Caryn Rupert

Many books in my book queue are waiting to be read, and a common theme among is that they’re all part of a series, trilogy or saga. Each Sunday, I’ll share a book from a series. You can read along … Continue reading →

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Series Sunday: Inheritance

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Caryn Rupert

Many books in my book queue are waiting to be read, and a common theme among is that they’re all part of a series, trilogy or saga. Each Sunday, I’ll share a book from a series. You can read along … Continue reading →

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Series Sunday: ‘Brisingr’

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Caryn Rupert

Many books in my book queue are waiting to be read, and a common theme among is that they’re all part of a series, trilogy or saga. Each Sunday, I’ll share a book from a series. You can read along … Continue reading →

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Stephen Colbert to release ‘ordinary’ children’s book

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Sarah Chain

From the Associated Press: NEW YORK — With the blessing of Maurice Sendak, Stephen Colbert is releasing a children’s book. Grand Central Publishing said Tuesday that it will publish “I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)” on May 8. … Continue reading →

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Series Sunday: Eragon

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Caryn Rupert

Many books in my book queue are waiting to be read, and a common theme among them is they’re all part of a series, trilogy or saga. Most of them are considered in the sci-fi/fantasy genre, packed with action and … Continue reading →

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A sneak peak at the first chapers of ‘Crossed’

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Sarah Chain

For anyone who has read Ally Condie’s “Matched” (which Book Buzz reviewed in May), you’ll understand my reaction when I reached the end of the book — it was along the lines of “Why, God, why?! When does the next … Continue reading →

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Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of Disney

Posted on July 24, 2011 by gloria jean fogal

From Tish Wells of McClatchy Newspapers “The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook: A Swashbucker’s guide from Disney’s ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’” by Jason Heller Quirk Books, Philadelphia (176 pages, $18.95) Even before the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie, pirates were … Continue reading →

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Peculiar quest perfect for tweens

Posted on July 20, 2011 by gloria jean fogal

From Tish Wells of McClatchy Newspapers “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs Quirk Books (352 pages, $17.99) Got a tweener child with a taste for creepy horror and time-travel stories? Send them “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar … Continue reading →

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