Author Archives: Katy K.

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About Katy K.

I'm a librarian and book worm who believes that children and adults deserve great books to read.

Scratch9: Cat of Nine Worlds

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Katy K.

Taking a quick break from my own middle grade speculative fiction Cybils reading to talk about the book I nominated for the elementary/middle grade graphic novel category. Scratch9: Cat of Nine Worlds by Rob M. Worley and Joshua Buchanan.    … Continue reading →

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The Fog Diver

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Katy K.

A futuristic steampunky, piratical middle grade adventure?  Give it to me now! This is one I’d been looking forward to ever since Charlotte wrote about it, and was very happy to see it nominated for the Cybils. by Joel Ross. … Continue reading →

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Lilliput

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Katy K.

I confess, I have yet to read the classic Gulliver’s Tale, but I read and reread T.H. White’s take on it, Mistress Masham’s Repose, in childhood. Naturally I had to read this more recent take on Lilliputians. Lilliput by Sam … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Cheryl Mahoney on The People the Fairies Forget

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Katy K.

I have enjoyed the two previous books in my blogging friend Cheryl Mahoney’s Beyond the Tales series, The Wanderers and The Storyteller and Her Sisters.  This is part of the blog tour for her latest book, which I am very much looking forward … Continue reading →

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Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Katy K.

Can you resist an invincible hamster princess? I certainly couldn’t, and was quite relieved to find this just as much fun as it looked. Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2015 Here is … Continue reading →

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A Dragon’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Katy K.

I confess, it was being nominated for the Cybils that made me pick this one up (finally), but it had been on my radar for a while, because as my son recently informed my daughter, dragons are the best. A … Continue reading →

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Cuckoo Song

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Katy K.

My giveaway for the graphic novel Oddly Normal is open for just a few days more – that’s another book good for, but not limited to, Halloween.  Go enter now! October 31 is also the birthday of Juliette Gordon Low … Continue reading →

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Hoodoo

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Katy K.

Here’s another one for kids looking for something spooky for Halloween (or, you know, any other time.) This is one I already had checked out from the library for Cybils reading when I went to Kidlitcon and saw that the … Continue reading →

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One Witch at a Time

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Katy K.

More Cybils reading! One Witch at a Time by Stacy DeKeyser. Simon & Schuster, 2015. This book is the sequel to The Brixen Witch, which I haven’t read, but I deduce from references in this book was a Pied Piper … Continue reading →

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The Jumbies

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Katy K.

Here’s a scary adventure story perfect for this time of year. The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste. Algonquin Young Readers, 2015. The woods of Trinidad are filled with jumbies, the collective term for a wide variety of supernatural creatures, with one … Continue reading →

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