Many people have heard the name Jason Segel attached to movies and Television, especially after his original song for The Muppets movie won an Oscar. However, Segel is about to become a triple threat as he turns his skill as a screenwriter to a different sort of writing—children’s books. Segel will be writing a series…
The best way to review a children’s book is to take it to the kids themselves! Blogger Terrie Farley Moran asked her grandchildren to review the graphic novels Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: Secret Sand Sleuths by Sarah Kinney and Stan Goldberg, and The Secret of Whale Island by Thea Stilton. Here’s what they…
Over $2 million was raised by the Veronica Mars Movie Project fans in LESS THAN ONE DAY on Kickstarter to show Warner Bros. their support for a movie project that would allow creator Rob Thomas to bring the girl (now woman) detective back to snoop around Neptune, California. The UK’s CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlist for…
The Audies, sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), recognize “distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.” They offer awards in many, many different categories, and of course, we wanted to highlight both Mystery and Thriller/Suspense categories specifically for crime fans. However, since we also discuss things like horror, pulp, historical conspiracy, tales of military…
All the buzz has been about the latest James Bond flick this fall—who doesn’t want to disappear into the world of spies, even if it’s just in your imagination? Guess what: kids love all things spy too. Looking for a good fast-paced spy book for your middle-grader? Here’s a list to get you started: The…
Dead Girl Moon by Charlie Price is a young adult mystery novel (available October 30, 2012). As their hardscrabble lives intertwine in a small, corrupt Montana town, Grace, a scheming runaway; JJ, her spacey foster sister; and Mick, the hapless son of a petty thief, discover the body of a dead teenage prostitute. Afraid to…
Who hasn’t read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal? Well, that would be me. Blame it on my being an expat, but I’ve never read this children’s classic. So I was excited to get my hands on the graphic novel edition, adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson. For…
I saw Who Framed Roger Rabbit? twice in the theater. This was 1988 and I was eight years old. Seeing a movie twice in the theater was unprecedented. It came about as a fluke of chance. My parents had taken me to the movie, and I had loved it. Really loved it. It’s-still-one-of-my-favorite-movies-twenty-five-years-later loved it.…
Double Vision by F.T. Bradley is a middle grade spy thriller (available October 16, 2012). One’s a Secret Agent, One’s Not. Twelve-year-old Linc is a troublemaker with a dilemma. His antics on a recent school field trip went way overboard, landing his already poor family with a serious lawsuit. So when two secret agents show…
When I was in fourth grade the coolest kid I knew was Harriet the Spy, the sixth grade heroine, age 11, of the eponymous children’s book by Louise Fitzhugh, published in 1964. Harriet’s an obnoxious brat with OCD traits who takes notes on everyone and everything around her. She doesn’t just take notes, she adds…
