My five-year-old daughter is fascinated with bugs, frogs, and lizards. Since she was a toddler, she’s picked up everything she can catch, including spiders, salamanders, and caterpillars, in order to gentley inspect them as closely as possible. She has thick volumes of science books for children, and she’ll spend an hour or more at a time, silently studying the pictures of various insects. When the soil [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 21, 2009
Not Your Average Teddy Bear
Yesterday, I walked into the living room to find my two-year-old and five-year-old daughters sitting side-by-side, each with a large teddy bear in her lap. This is not a common occurrence in our household. Neither girl has ever been attached to a particular stuffed animal, and for the most part, they ignore dolls entirely. I [...]
March 11, 2009
Author Videos: Kim Harrison
Author Kim Harrison has graciously offered this exclusive first look at a video interview conducted by one of her readers and fans. The discussion is primarily focused around the concepts behind Harrison’s fantasy series set in the Hollows, a modern suburb like any other, save for the fact that it is populated primarily by people with supernatural traits and [...]
March 4, 2009
Book Review: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel, The Help, was carefully chosen to launch the new Penguin Group imprint, Amy Einhorn Books. This beautifully crafted example of historical fiction is based in the deep south, specifically Jackson, Mississippi, during the height of the civil rights movement. Though the main impetus of the book is not the recounting of specific civil rights demonstrations that [...]
