At least there are books and the weekend reviews to keep us company, even if we're a bit stir-crazy and just longing for the sun.
Here's what's on tap so far this weekend:
Elizabeth Ward reviews poetry books for the Washington Post. She begins with some anti-recommendations (Prelutsky's Good Sports among them), before moving on to the good:
- Here's a Little Poem, edited by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, illustrated by Polly Dunbar. (This one has a great cover.)
- William Blake, Sterling's Poetry for Young People
- Today and Today, haiku's by Issa, "arranged by" G. Brian Karas
- I Saw an Ant in a Parking Lot, by Joshua Prince, illustrated by Macky Pamintuan
Brenda Hoerle reviews new animal and environmental books for the Waterloo Record.
Philip Ardagh reviews Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant for the Guardian.
Oops. Somehow I missed the Telegraph's children's book section last week. The Telegraph doesn't review children's books all that often, but when they do--they do it right. Here's what's available online:
- Andrew McKie reviews new fantasy titles, including Un Dun Lun, by China Mieville
- Lorna Bradbury considers new picture books, including Emily Gravett's newest book
- Judith Woods reviews books for that series-obsessed 7-to-10-year-old reader.
- Toby Clements reviews new adventure stories, including Philip Reeve's Here Lies Arthur (I am in a bookstore RIGHT NOW, and am going to see if this one's out in the U.S. yet when the post is complete.)
- I can't make this title any better than it is: "Helen Brown on detectives, chick-lit and enlightenment"
- Dinah Hall considers rounds up her favorites of the season in all categories
Not a review, but Amanda Craig talks to Rick Riordan about the Percy Jackson series. In words of highest praise, Craig has this to say: "If it sounds like an Americanised Harry Potter, think again. Though they share the same formulaic titles, these are distinctive, not derivative, works." I think I love Amanda Craig.
More tomorrow, I'm sure...
