Whether you're serving up a turkey, a tofurkey, or something entirely different, Finding Wonderland wishes you a wonderful Thanksgivin...

Today's review is kind of a two-for-one—two books in the same series, which I sadly thought was a trilogy and was all excited that I was...

I read a Cybils book the other day wherein the villain was so clearly and easily identified that I lay the book down in reproach. (I couldn...

...and my thanks to blog bud/fellow YA author Jenn for this week's toon idea! Enjoy, and as always, click to view a larger version. ...

If Eric Carle wrote Game of Thrones as a picture book... These aren't quite up to Carle standards, but they're adorable. You can ...

Reader Gut Reaction : I used to be a huge fan of Native American mythological tropes in fiction. Then I became old and read way too many b...

Fair warning: this is a bewildering review. It's for a book that makes no sense to me with the cover it has, with a title that doesn...

You've probably heard of the Kidlit Cares: Superstorm Sandy Relief effort already, but if you haven't--you can go check it out o...

Another week, and another unique novel. After Leila so strenuously recommended Enchanted , I figured I had pretty well done my "every-f...

Reader Gut Reaction : Saci Lloyd wrote the thought-provoking, fast-paced, near-future dystopian Carbon Diaries novels (reviewed here and ...

And in answer, YES, I do have that wretched song armor-plated to my brain, thank you Roberta Flack, Fugees , et al. It's a fitting tit...

I've heard authors say, “Well, we can’t take responsibility for what a reader will take from a book. It could be anything.” Dylan Kleb...

Today, around the kidlitosphere, you're likely to see a lot of voting-related blog posts. What you won't see is proselytizing, muc...

As always, click to view larger. And if you have questions for the Writing Guru, go ahead and leave them in the comments, and the Writing...

It's Halloween, and I just interrupted my first-time-in-five-years reunion with candy corn to realize what that means. Tomorrow begins N...

Just before we left for Scotland, I lost my short story writing group. We were the doughty Flickr Fiction Friday writers - able to spin tale...

Reader Gut Reaction : What if you were stranded on a raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, no food except a handful of Skittles, and no...

Myriad are the cool things in life on a Friday. But THIS!?!?!? I am drowning in cute. This is ALMOST better than the Trekkie book. Hat tip,...

I love the idea of a Poem Drive, and YARN (YA Review Net) is hosting one this year for sweet-Halloween-treat-themed poems. Those of you w...

This is a story that I had trouble categorizing. It's horrifically realistic, in so many ways... but, because of its setting in the mode...