Author Archives: Victoria
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Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures Of A (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
Posted on November 19, 2011 by Victoria in animals, Family Read-Aloud, Fantasy>Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures Of A (Somewhat) Brave Shrew by Ursula Vernon Ursula Vernon has a wonderful talent for creating whimsical creatures, in her artwork and stories. You may know Vernon from her Dragonbreath graphic novel series. Nurk is her first novel, and I hope she writes more about this unlikely little hero. Nurk is a [...]
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Escape By Night: a Civil War Adventure
Posted on November 8, 2011 by Victoria in Early Chapter Books, Historical Fiction, social issues>Escape By Night: a Civil War Adventureby Laurie Myers Young Tom McKnight, son of the Presbyterian minister, lives across the street from his father’s church in Augusta, Georgia. The church has become a temporary hospital for hundreds of wounded Confederate soldiers being sent back from the front. Tom sees a injured soldier drop a book in [...]
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Paintings From The Cave: Three Novellas
Posted on November 3, 2011 by Victoria in animals, My Favorite, Realistic Fiction, social issues> by Gary Paulsen Paintings From The Cave: Three Novellas is powerful stuff. Paulsen writes about what he knows here, drawing from his own abusive childhood. Paulsen rescued himself by his own strength, the love of reading and the love of many good dogs along the way. The young people in these stories are all [...]
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Junonia
Posted on November 1, 2011 by Victoria in Realistic Fiction> written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes Junonia is a poignant book about being a child, at a perfect time, in a perfect place. Alice and her family celebrate her birthday every year at a seaside cottage called Scallop. This year will be her tenth birthday, and Alice has high hopes for the perfect celebration. [...]
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A Ghostly Good Time
Posted on October 20, 2011 by Victoria in Nonfiction> by Woman’s Day Magazine A Ghostly Good Time: The Family Halloween Handbook is a one-stop resource for Halloween fun. It’s full of creative and spooky ideas for decorating, costumes, jack-o-lanterns, and recipes. I remember fondly (and perhaps with a touch of selective amnesia) the fun of putting together homemade costumes for my family. It [...]
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The Seer of Shadows
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Victoria in Scary stories>by Avi The Seer of Shadows is the perfect eerie read for a chilly Halloween season. Fourteen-year-old Horace Carpentine is making his own way as a photographer’s assistant in New York in 1872. He’s a principled, rational, observant young adult. Horace doesn’t always approve of his employer’s methods, but he’s dependent on Mr. Middleditch for [...]
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Snow Play
Posted on October 1, 2011 by Victoria in Nonfiction> Snow Play: how to make forts & slides & winter campfires plus the coolest Loch Ness monster and 23 other brrrilliant projects in the snow is written by international designer Birgitta Ralston. Ralston has designed amazing snow creations that your family will have a great time constructing. Some projects are basic, and only take [...]
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The Redheaded Princess
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Victoria in Historical Fiction> by Ann Rinaldi So many little girls wish to be a princess–who wouldn’t want all those gowns, sparkling jewels, and your own horse? The Redheaded Princess shows readers what the royal life was really like. The story begins when Elizabeth is around 3, and ends when she ascends the throne to become Queen of [...]
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Dark Waters
Posted on August 25, 2011 by Victoria in Realistic Fiction, Scary stories>by Catherine MacPhail Dark Waters has been a popular book at the library lately, so my curiosity was piqued. I picked it up to see what was so appealing that all three copies of the 2003 book were checked out. I could quickly see it’s a good coming-of -age story with an unusual setting. Dark [...]
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Flat Broke
Posted on August 19, 2011 by Victoria in Humorous Stories>by Gary Paulsen Flat Broke, the theory, practice and destructive properties of greed is the companion book to Paulsen’s Liar, Liar. When 14 year old Kevin loses his allowance for a week, he finds all kinds of “business opportunities” around him. Kevin starts up several poker games, a garage cleaning business, and figures out how [...]
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