Mr. Putter & Tabby Stir the Soup
Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy
Publishers Weekly: In September 2005, Gerges, an academic turned news commentator, published a rare and thoughtful piece of scholarship, The Far Enemy, that sought to map the different views within militant Islam's explosive underworld. Gerges argued nimbly, drawing upon numerous primary sources and firsthand interviews. After traveling across the Middle East and meeting with former […]
Mr. Putter & Tabby Make a Wish
Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book
Hoodwinked
School Library Journal Review: K-Gr 3-Mitzi is a creepy little kid who flies around on a broomstick, has creepy relatives, and likes creepy things. Naturally, when it is time for a pet, only the creepiest will do. She gets a toad, but he does nothing but eat bugs all day. He is exchanged for two […]
Dot & Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery
School Library Journal Review: PreS-Gr 1-The mouse detectives are back in another eco-mystery. When all the bugs in their meadow suddenly disappear, the mice interview a sparrow and a rabbit and observe some butterflies, finally discovering that the bugs have used camouflage to hide from their predators. The story is simple and unremarkable, but Walsh's […]
The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster
Publisher Weekly Review: In this folksy sequel to the 1997 Oprah pick Ellen Foster, Gibbons's plucky heroine is 15 and hoping for early admission to Harvard on account of "all the surplus living that was jammed into the years." Having survived trauma and tragedy, Ellen has found safety with a loving foster mother. She sells […]
Fiddlers : a novel of the 87th Precinct
Publisher Weekly Review: MWA Grand Master McBain s 55th 87th Precinct police procedural suffers by comparison with 2004 s Hark! as well as other top books in this iconic series, but still has plenty of good moments. A killer living the high life is exacting the last full measure of revenge. As his victims pile […]