I Am a Big Fish
Playing With Fire
Children's Literature When it comes to a character like Skulduggery Pleasant, one has to look past the "skeleton in a suit" and take note of his intelligence, wit and certain "skills" that few possess. If you're a villain, take note or be destroyed. If you are Mr. Pleasant's 12-year-old apprentice, your education and very life […]
The Faceless Ones
Children's Literature Skullduggery Pleasant, the skeleton detective, and his teen apprentice Valkyrie Cain, aka Stephanie Edgley, must again battle the forces of evil to save the world. But this time they are barred from the scene of the crime by the Sanctuary, the police force for magical powers in Dublin. Teleporters are being murdered and […]
Pandas
Plants we Eat
A Sick Day For Amos McGee
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Ryan Ronald Clayton Doubleday. School Library Journal: K-Gr 2—Amos McGee, an elderly man who works at the zoo, finds time each day for five special friends. With empathy and understanding he gives the elephant, tortoise, penguin, rhinoceros, and owl the attention they need. One morning, Amos […]
Interrupting Chicken
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Hunter James Raymond. Children's Literature It is the young chicken's bedtime, and Papa has agreed to read a favorite story. And she has promised not to interrupt. But no sooner has Papa begun "Hansel and Gretel" when the little chicken jumps into the tale to warn […]
It's a Book
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Nicholas Jon Putnam. The New York Times – Adam Gopnik Those of us for whom books are a faith in themselves…will love this book. Though it will surely draw a laugh from kids, it will give even more pleasure to parents who have been trying to […]
Bink & Gollie
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Naomi Allison Simpson. The New York Times – Sarah Ellis The conversations in Bink and Gollie, written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, provide the illustrator, Tony Fucile, with the foundations of a world he fleshes out to create a place both oddly particular and warmly […]
We Are In a Book!
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Andrew Finnigan Chartier. School Library Journal: PreS-Gr 2—Make room for another satisfying episode in the escapades of lovable Elephant (aka Gerald) and Piggie. This time the best buddies star in a witty metafictional romp replete with visual gags, such as Piggie hanging from a speech bubble […]