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Two animal fantasies: Escape from Baxter’s Barn and Brilliant

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Katy K.

This is the time of year when I’m reading much, much faster than I can write about all the books I’m reading. Here are two Cybils-nominated fantasies about animals. Escape from Baxters’ Barn by Rebecca Bond. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. When … Continue reading →

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The Wrinkled Crown

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Katy K.

Anne Nesbet is another author I discovered through the Cybils, before I was a judge.  Her latest book is out this month and will be eligible for next year’s Cybils. by Anne Nesbet. HarperCollins, 2015. In the Wrinkled Hills is … Continue reading →

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School for Sidekicks

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Katy K.

Can you have too many middle grade superhero novels? Not if they’re well done! School for Sidekicks. The Academy of Metahuman Operatives #1 by Kelly McCullough. Feiwel and Friends, 2015. Years ago, the Hero Bomb went off in St.Paul/Minneapolis, killing … Continue reading →

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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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