For Those About to Mock

It is impossible to review Ann Bausum's new chronicle of the gay rights movement without thinking about where I was one month ago toda...

Everyone with even a passing interest in children's literature knows Mo Willems. He's created some of the most iconic characters o...

George Moses Horton was the first African-American poet to have a book published in the South ( The Hope of Liberty , 1829). Amazingly, th...

Ali, Jake, Eliza, and the rest of the gang from last year's Nanny X are back for another adventure. This time, a criminal known only ...

The Phantom Tollbooth. The Little Prince. Breadcrumbs . The House with a Clock in its Walls. Circus Mirandus. That's a list of books...

Cody and the Fountain of Happiness is the second Tricia Springstubb book we've reviewed this year, after Moonpenny Island . However, ...

Billy is spending the summer at a cabin owned by  the mysterious Dr. Xiang Libris. (X Libris. Yeah. It's that kind of book.)  There...