It was curiously appropriate that Rick the Rock of Room 214 headlined the return of my favorite annual event, Jammie Night, from its three-year pandemic hiatus. After all, Rick is the story…
When I arrived at the glade for my annual interview with Autumn, she marched right up to me and spoke before I could even greet her. Autumn: I’m enjoying them! Kenny: Them?…
It is a strong year for Back to School picture books. If it were a normal year two charming and clever books, Puppy Bus and Little Yellow Bus, would vie for the…
It would be hard heart indeed which did not love the Iditaread. The time honored reading challenge takes place during the Iditarod each year at the W.G. Mallet and Cape Cod Hill…
As I entered the Glade of Years to interview The Year 2022, I made a startling discovery. Kenny: Greetings, Year 2022. Year 2022: Hello, Kenny. Kenny: Um. I believe we’ve met before.…
We have a number of goals for the 2021 Stocking Stuffer of the Year Awards. Our first objective is to highlight this year’s finest stocking stuffers and to honor their arduous, supply-chain-defying…
Bear Is a Bear is a rare and exceptional book which, beginning with our third sentence, we will refer to simply as Bear. Bear Is a Bear’s Bear is a wonderfully imagined and…
The relevance of first day of school books has never been broader nor more challenging than it is today. Today, the day when the 2021 First Among First Day of School Books…
Nationally renowned local children’s book author Betty Culley has followed up her magnificent Young Adult debut novel in verse, “Three Things I Know Are True,” with a traditional prose novel, “Down To…
Shana Youngdahl, author of the young adult novel As Many Nows As I Can Get, is an exceptional writer. Having an author of her widely recognized ability and rising stature on the…