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With the Civil War on the Horizon, a Family Fights to Preserve Their Stop on the Underground Railroad

Sid Johnson awakens to the sound of gunshots ringing out across his family’s farm. Although his Ma explains away everything as a hunting incident, Sid overhears his parents discussing politics and learns that his family’s home isn’t any ordinary farm; it’s a stop on the Underground Railroad. With this discovery…
Kelsey Hall
September 1, 2022
Children's BooksMiscellany

Eric Carle and the Childhood Imagination

Photo: Motoko Inoue By most objective standards I’m only a young adult, and “figuring stuff out” is “normal” in anyone’s twenties. But there’s a new normal now, right? Or actually, anything and everything counts as “normal” these days, right? Or maybe there’s no such thing as normal at all? I’m…
Judy Moreno
May 27, 2021
Children's Books

Artemis Fowl is Back and Ready for Trouble!

Attention kids and parents: the 12-year-old ludicrously rich and absolutely brilliant Artemis is back again! Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (Disney/Hyperion) properly brings the internationally-captivating series into a new age 18 years after the series’ inception. Artistically revolutionized since the 2007 graphic novel, this printing is expertly adapted by Michael…
Lee Pelletier
July 12, 2019
Children's Books

Adorable Alert: First Graders Give “Book Reviews”

Let’s face it – some book reviewers are pompous, verbose and heavy-handed. So we’d like to present you with 15 reviewers who most certainly are not! They are first-graders from a public school in Southern Connecticut who were asked to write reviews of their favorite books. And BookTrib received permission…
BookTrib
March 14, 2019
Author Discovery Zone

Ursula Masdal

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Ursula-Masdal-author-pic-300x300.jpg Ursula Masdal Children's Fun book about a family of six children finding adventure through the year, draws from her Irish heritage and her own animal-oriented family. URSULA MASDAL was born in Ireland and moved to London, England at an early age. She was educated in a convent. Surrounded by her…
BookTrib
September 16, 2019
Author Discovery ZoneChildren's Books

“Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre” Graphic Bio Brings the Author to Life

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/charlotte-bronte-before-Jane-Eyre-.jpg At a time when the topic of feminism is more prevalent than ever in children’s literature, the deeply motivating graphic biography Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre (Disney-Hyperion) by Glynnis Fawkes is a great introduction for children ages 11 and older to this literary classic. “Literature cannot be the business…
Lee Pelletier
September 20, 2019