This page is a work-in-progress. I’m compiling links to four years’ worth of book reviews and recommendations from my archives. Clicking on a title will take you to my post about the book. Sometimes a single post will contain commentary on several books, so you may have to scroll down a bit. Thanks for visiting!
Compiled so far: March 2009, January-September 2005. For other reviews, please visit my Books category.
Middle-Grade Novels
• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart.
• The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope.
• Damosel by Stephanie Spinner.
• Stolen by Vivian Vande Velde.
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
• Rules by Cynthia Lord.
• The Firelings by Carol Kendall. (Not sure this is specifically middle-grade, but I first read it at age eleven and adored it. It has held up well to many subsequent readings.)
Picture Books
• Daisy Thinks She’s a Baby by Lisa Kopper.
• Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D. B. Johnson.
• The Floating House by Scott Russell Sanders.
• Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson.
• It’s Not My Turn to Look for Grandma by April Halprin Wayland.
• The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller.
• Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming.
Fun History Books
• One Day in Elizabethan England by G. B. Kirtland.
Nature Study
• A Natural History of Trees by Donald Culross Peatie.
• A list of some favorite nature books
Books About Books
• The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby.
Adult Nonfiction
• The Film Club by David Gilmour.
Stories on Audio
• Jay O’Callahan (“Raisins, raisins, all we are is raisins…)
• Jim Weiss
Music
• Snoopy the Musical soundtrack
