In the not too distant past, I explored two modern day Little Women graphic novel adaptations in the post Drawing Little Women: Graphic Novel Adaptations of Alcott. Both Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and Jo take Alcott's characters and place them in a modern day setting exploring sisterhood, life, love, and growing up in ways … Continue reading Little Witches: Another Little Women Graphic Novel
July has been a busy month (more on that to come in a combined June/July Reading Roundup soon!) but I finished my summer classes right after the fourth of July and finally have had a chance to read a bit more for fun! I put a ton of books on hold at the library and … Continue reading Some Summer Reading
You may have noticed that I've not written a reading roundup in a while, and that's because the last few months have been hectic and the end of April found me finally getting to visit my parents in Colorado for the first time since Thanksgiving (so I was too busy hiking to be writing a … Continue reading April/May Reading Roundup
When the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature was announced clear back in September 2020, I immediately put as many of the long list book on hold as possible. Given that it's four months into 2021, and my last hold wasn't fulfilled until March, that speaks to the popularity of … Continue reading Reading the National Book Award Longlist
March went much more quickly than I anticipated. My semester is officially half-way over, I've enrolled in summer classes, and by the end of the first week in April I enrolled for my last semester of graduate study! This Month's Blogs During March, I published Considering the Caldecott with my thoughts on 2021's Caldecott winner … Continue reading March Reading Roundup
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