Who doesn’t love a new pet? In John Himmelman’s book Katie Loves the Kittens, Katie the dog sure enjoys Sara Ann’s three new kittens. Katie enjoys them so much that she scares the three new pets with her attention! Katie means well but it’s not until she learns how to calmly behave with the kitties that all of the animals…
…Actuate! I’ve gone ahead and joined another blogging challenge. This one, the A-Z challenge, played on my love of Alphabet books, sounded like fun, seemed like something that I would totally and whole hog get and keep into. But to get back to my word for the day (month)…actuate! ac·tu·ate –verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing. 1. to incite or move to action;…
Wahida Clark’s fourth book in the ‘Thug’ series was the first I had read. In this book, Trae and Tasha have left the game headed to California where they hope to start a new life. Along the way shenanigans ensue and the game pulls them back in and tears them apart. Although this urban fiction (her words, per her sight)…
The sweater that never was…. Whatever happened to your __________? Write about the fate of a past knitting/crochet project. Whether it be something that you crocheted or knitted for yourself or to give to another person. An item that lives with you or something which you sent off to charity. I have been trying to make The Bee a sweatwer…
Joe Schreiber’s first young adult novel, Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick is a fun read that embodies Le Femme Nikita, Chuck and a splash of Degrassi. From the marketing copy:It’s prom night—and Perry just wants to stick to his own plan and finally play a much-anticipated gig with his band in the Big Apple. But when his mother makes him take Gobija Zaksauskas—their…