Children’s books reviewed
Birthday Trouble and other Martin Mongoose Mysteries, by Ewa Czarnecki (translated from Polish by Pawel Marcik). (Spanner Juvenile, 2008) This installment in the long-running Martin Mongoose series is...
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See here first for background on the Arturo and Zoltan stories. Zoltan Goes Home, by Søren Tyggegummi and Jeremy Albrecht. (Arbitrary Haus, 2007) After a well-received string of adventures with his...
View ArticleCashing in: an extended review
This is the third in my brief series of capsule reviews of children’s fiction. See here and here first for background on the Arturo and Zoltan stories. From Arturo To Zoltan: an Unhappy Okapi...
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Choppy Goes To School, by Wenceslaus Davies-Jones. (Spanner Juvenile, 2008) Many authors of juvenile literature have made great contributions to mollifying troubled children in various situations:...
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Time-out For Contingency
I’ve just received an advance copy of K. Mooch’s eagerly anticipated Time-out for Contingency (first mentioned here); I’m glad to be able to share this delightful excerpt with you: In subsequent pages...
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Tales of trash and timbales
Otis Takes a JobTwo Picnic Surprises for OtisOtis and the Field Dayby Guilherme Bistecca. (Spanner Juvenile, 2008–2009) The “anthropomorphized truck” subgenre of juvenile literature is certainly...
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