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MG Book Review and Interview: ATTACK OF THE KILLER KOMODOS by Summer Rachel Short

September 14, 2021 Laura Fineberg Cooper

Groundbreaking science, rampaging nature, and colorful characters intertwine in this 2nd Maggie and Nate mystery by talented middle grade author Summer Rachel Short. As the

Interview With Debut Author, Melanie Ellsworth

May 14, 2021 Kim Chaffee

For Melanie Ellsworth, the plan was to celebrate her debut picture book, Clarinet and Trumpet, in August of 2020 but COVID reared its ugly head and said, “hip, hip, no way!” A bummer to be bumped but now she gets to celebrate TWO book birthdays in two months and I’m so excited to chat with her about them both in today’s interview.

Interview with Summer Rachel Short, debut author of The Mutant Mushroom Takeover

November 24, 2020 Laura Fineberg Cooper

The book is a lightly spooky STEM novel that features eleven-year-old aspiring naturalist, Maggie, and her conspiracy theorist/YouTuber best friend, Nate, who have to solve the mystery surrounding a strange glow-in-the-dark fungus that’s spreading through their small town. Kirkus Reviews called the book, “packed to the gills with fun.”