Fri, September 30th, 2011
Pie by Sarah Weeks
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: I picked up Pie (Scholastic 2011) a few months ago to read as a palate cleanser between review books. It had a pie and a cat on the cover and looked like a lighthearted read. I live in Michigan and it was prime berry season when I started writing this post in early August. I didn’t know [...]
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Mon, July 18th, 2011
To Timbuktu by Casey Scieszka
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: As I said last week, while Lynn is spending the month in France I am soothing my travel lust with literature. To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story (Roaring Brook 2011) is just the ticket! I admire adventurous people and these two young adults spin a good tale about their travels. Casey [...]
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Fri, July 8th, 2011
The Summer I Learned to Fly by Dana Reinhardt
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: Dana Reinhardt gets better with every book and The Summer I Learned to Fly (Random/Wendy Lamb 2011) is no exception. Last year’s The Things a Brother Knows was a piercing look at the relationship between two boys and the impact of war. In this story, Reinhardt examines the intricacies of mother-daughter relationships and perfectly captures [...]
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Wed, June 22nd, 2011
Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake by Michael B. Kaplan
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: I have found a kindred spirit–someone who loves baked goods as much as I do in Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake (Dial 2011)! When Betty Bunny is first offered some chocolate cake, she isn’t so sure…she hasn’t had it before and she’s not very good at trying new things. But then she tastes it [...]
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Fri, June 19th, 2009
The Sweet Life of Stella Madison by Lara M. Zeises
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: There’s a girl licking chocolate frosting (or Nutella spread) off her finger on the cover. That’s all I need to pick up The Sweet Life of Stella Madison (Random/Delacorte, July 2009). Actually, one of our BBYA teen readers reviewed this at book club and it was her comments that spurred me to read it. [...]
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Thu, January 22nd, 2009
Dear Julia by Amy Bronwen Zemser
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: We both love food, cooking and, of course, books about food so how Dear Julia (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2008) flew under our radar is a mystery. Happily I got the opportunity to read this during the holiday and started pestering Cindy immediately with demands that she read this right away! (I have found this technique distracts [...]
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