Neil Irani (text) & Park Yun (illustrations) (Maverick Books) Every morning a little girl looks in the mirror and sees a goblin staring back at her. Shy and frightened of what people might think of her, she hides under a large hat and never interacts with any one. But one dark rainy day, everything changes when her …
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That Summer
Sarah Dessen(Puffin) For Haven, it is all change that summer. Her dad, a sports newsreader, is marrying the –much younger – weather girl. Her mother is still trying to deal with the aftermath of her divorce and her newfound freedom. Ashley, her sister, is also getting married, to an extremely insipid and boring boy, much …
Marc Boutavant for ever (3)
for just ONE DAY Laura Leuck (author) & Marc Boutavant (illustrator) (Tate Publishing) Alll children let their imagination run wild every once in a while and wonder what it would be like to be a buzzing bee, or a monkey, or a grizzly bear. This is exactly what this book illustrates with some fantastic rhyming …