Book Reviews – Page 14 – WRITERS' RUMPUS

Books in the Homeschool: A Quick Guide for Children’s Authors

April 5, 2022 Alumni & Guests

With the popularity of homeschooling continuing to rise you may wonder, as a children’s author, how to reach this ever-expanding market.

Author Spotlight: Drew Daywalt

March 18, 2022 Keri Demers

To say Drew Daywalt is an accomplished author is an understatement. He has received 65 awards for his children’s writing, including the coveted E.B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Time Magazine Top 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time.

Past or Present? Learn Which Tense is Best for Your Narration

March 15, 2022 Laura Fineberg Cooper

If you google VERB TENSE, you’ll find lists ranging from 12 to 16 confusing forms. Fortunately, writers of middle grade and young adult literature only

WILD ABOUT SAM USHER

March 11, 2022 Hilary Elizabeth Margitich

Are you a fan of gouache, like me? No, not goulash (though I am a fan of that, too, particularly on a cold day). I

Imaginary, by Lee Bacon

February 15, 2022 Laura Fineberg Cooper

IMAGINARY, written by Lee Bacon and illustrated by Katy Wu, is poignant, humorous, and sheer delight from start to finish. Released in October 2021, this early middle grade novel is centered around eleven-year-old Zack, who still hasn’t recovered from his father’s death five years earlier. Zack’s only solace is to retreat into his imagination with his imaginary best friend Shovel. If you think the narrator is Zach, guess again.

This Last Adventure, By Ryan Dalton

February 11, 2022 Hilary Elizabeth Margitich

To Austin For all the reasons you forgot From those who remember This is the dedication at the front of Ryan Dalton’s beautiful new middle

World of Books #12 Costa Rica

February 4, 2022 Joyce Audy Zarins

When my family met in Costa Rica in November, I bought a charming picture book there by a well-known local author. It is inspiring to

Interview with Nancy Tandon, debut author of THE WAY I SAY IT

January 18, 2022 Laura Fineberg Cooper

“I can’t say my name. Not because it’s a secret or anything. Honestly I’d shout it into a microphone right now if I could. I’d give up anything to be able to do that. Even my guitar-playing fingertip calluses, which took like a million hours to get. The first half-million hours hurt. A lot.”