Reviewed by Margo L. Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com Picture book for preK-third grade students (contemporary setting with flashbacks into historical fiction) Young girl and her grandparents as main characters Rating: A wonderful book about immigration and grandparents and imagination. This is one of my favorites! Short, short summary: Julie visits her grandparents, and her grandfather loves [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com Middle-grade novel, fantasy and adventure A 14-year-old girl, a 12-year-old boy, and a baby girl are the main characters. Rating: The voice in this book is unusual and playful and makes the book as popular as it is–popular enough to be made into a movie (along with book 2 [...]

Picture book for preK-3rd grade students, contemporary Seven-year-old girl as main character Rating: Beautiful, beautiful illustrations. The author is clever and shows the celebration of Ramadan through a young girl’s eyes while she keeps track of the phases of the moon. Wonderful! Short, short summary: Yasmeen is a Pakistani-American girl, trying to understand how the [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com Middle-grade fantasy novel High school girl and five-year-old boy as main characters Rating: A classic book (a Newberry Award Winner even) that can STILL relate to children today and get them excited about reading! Short, short summary: Meg Murray and her brother, Charles Wallace, are a little different than [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, margodll@aol.com, www.margodill.com Picture book for preK-3rd grade, fantasy/sci-fi Traction Man, of course, with a little help from a young boy (as main characters) Rating: What a creative, wonderful, fantastic book that celebrates imagination and good-old-fashioned playing. Short, short, summary: Traction Man and his pet, Scrubbing Brush, are ready for an adventure [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com Picture book, contemporary, mostly for children preK-2nd grade Young boy as main character Rating: Everyone, young and old, can relate to this book. It is funny, clever, cute, and touching! Short, short summary: What’s a boy to do when everyone is home, but no one is paying attention to [...]

CINDA!! Congratulations, Cinda, you are the winner of the copy of Amadi’s Snowman. Thank you to everyone who left comments on the post or one of my pages this week. If you want to purchase the book, click on the link above, (of course . And check back this weekend, for another blog post on [...]

Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com Young adult novel, contemporary High school guy and girl as main characters Rating: This is one of the best YA books I’ve ever “listened” to. The story is well-told, realistically in two distinct voices. I would recommend this to anyone–young or old. Purchase Thirteen Reasons Why Short, short summary: [...]

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Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com Middle-grade fantasy novel, but not fantasy with faeries or dragons or witchcraft–good-old fashioned storybook fantasy 12-year-old boy and 5-year-old boy as main characters Rating: Delightful book in an unusual setting (for children’s books) with loveable characters Purchase The Thief Lord Short, short summary: Prosper and Bo are two orphans, [...]