Book Reviews by Author

Unless you know the author, I suggest looking at the book reviews sorted by genre and topic first. The book reviews on this page are sorted alphabetically, but the reviews on the genre/topic page are separated with  more information. 

A

• Alcott, Louisa May
•      Little Women 
• Anderson,  Laurie Halse
•      The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving 
• Aston, Dianna Hutts
•      An Orange in January 
• Atwater, Richard and Florence
•      Mr. Popper’s Penguins 

B

• Baker, Keith
•      LMNO Peas
• Banks, Kate
•      Max’s Words 
• Barry, Robert
•      Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree 
• Bateman,Teresa
•      A Plump and Perky Turkey 
• Bauer, Nona Kilgore
•      Dog Heroes of September 11th: A Tribute to America’s Search and Rescue Dogs 
• Beck, Scott
•      Happy Birthday Monster
• Benjamin, Melanie
•      The Autobiography of Mrs Tom Thumb 
• Bloch, Serge
•      Butterflies in My Stomach
•  Blume, Judy
•      Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers 
•  Bottner, Barbara
•      Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I don’t)
• Bradbury, Ray
•      Fahrenheit 451 
• Brown, Marc
•      Arthur and the Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club 
• Buckley, Carol
•      Tara & Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends  
• Burns, Marilyn
•      The  Greedy Triangle 
• Buyea, Rob
•      Because of Mr. Terupt

C

•  Cameron, W. Bruce
•      A Dog’s Journey
•      A Dog’s Purpose 
• Carle, Eric
•       The Secret Birthday Message 
• Carlson, Nancy
•      I Don’t Like to Read! 
• Carnahan, Sidsel 
•      Eva and Little Kitty on the Titanic
• Cassino, Mark
•      The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder 
• Charles, Donald
•      Calico Cat Meets Bookworm 
• Cleave, Chris
•      Gold
• Clements, Andrew
•      The Landry News
•  Colandro, Lucille
•      There was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow  
• Collins,  Suzanne
•      The Hunger Games  
•  Cook,  Julia
•      My Mouth is a Volcano 
• Costa,  Deborah da
•      Hanukkah Moon
• Compestine, Ying Chang
•      Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year
•  Corey,  Shana
•      Milly and the Macy’s Parade 
• Cowley, Joy
•      Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey 
• Cox, Judy
•      Cinco de Mouse-o!
• Crew, Gary
•      Pig on the Titanic
• Crutcher, Chris 
•      The Sledding Hill 
• Curtiss, A.B.
•      The Little Chapel that Stood 

D

• Dahl, Roald
•      Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
•      James and the Giant Peach
•      Matilda 
•      The Twits
•      The Witches
• Davies, Jacqueline
•      The Lemonade War 
• Diaz, David
•      Feliz Navidad 
• Dicks, Matthew
•      Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
• Diffenbaugh, Vanessa
•      The Language of Flowers 
• Dilloway, Margaret
•      How to Be an American Housewife 
• Dr. Seuss
•      Happy Birthday to You! 
• Dumas, Alexandre
•      The Three Musketeers 
•  Dwyer, Jim 
•      102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

E

• Ehlert, Lois
•      Leaf Man
• Erskine, Kathryn
•      Mockingbird 

F

• Falwell, Cathryn
•      Word Wizard 
• Flory, Susy
•      Thunder Dog: A Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero 
• Flynn, Kevin
•      102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
• Ford, Jamie
•      Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
• Frasier, Debra
•      Miss Alaineus 
• French, Vivian 
•      A Present for Mom
• Friedman, Laurie
•      Love, Ruby Valentine
•      Thanksgiving Rules 

G

• Gantos, Jack
•      Dead End in Norvelt 
• Glaser, Linda
•      Mrs Greenberg’s Messy Hanukkah
• Grambling, Lois G.  
•      T-Rex and the Mother’s Day Hug
• Gruen, Sara
•      Water for Elephants 

H

• Haddix, Margaret Peterson
•      Among the Hidden (#1)
•      Among the Impostors (#2)
•      Among the Betrayed (#3)
•      Among the Barons (#4)
•      Among the Brave (#5)
•      Among the Enemy (#6)
•      Among the Free (#7)
• Harper, Charise Mericle
•      Cupcake 
• Harris, R. P.
•      Tua and the Elephant
• Hentoff, Nat
•      The Day They Came to Arrest the Book 
• Hiaasen, Carl
•      Hoot 
•      Scat 
• Hingson, Michael
•      Thunder Dog: A Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero 
• Hopkins, Lee Bennett
•      Wonderful Words: Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening 
• Houston, Gloria
•      Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile
• Huget, Jennifer LaRue
•      The Best Birthday Party Ever 

I

•  Isenhoff, Michelle
•      The Candle Star 

J

• Jackson, Alison
•      I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
• Jennings, Sharon
•      A Chanukah Noel 
• Juster, Norton
•      The Phantom Tollbooth 

K

• Kalman, Maira
•      Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey 
• Kamkwamba, William
•      The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope 
• King, Marcy Cockerille 
•      How Orples Came to Be
• Klise, Kate
•      Regarding the Fountain 
• Knudsen, Michelle
•      Library Lion 
• Korman, Gordon
•      Titanic: Unsinkable
• Krensky, Stephen
•      How Santa Got His Job 
•      How Santa Lost His Job 
• Krull, Kathleen
•      The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss 

L

• Larson, Erik
•      Devil in the White City
• Lee, Ingrid
•      Cat Found
• Lewis, C.S.
•      The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• Lewis, J. Patrick
•      Please Bury Me in the Library
• Lewis, Rose
•      Every Year On Your Birthday
• Lin, Grace 
•      Dumpling Days
• Look, Lenore 
•    Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding
• Lord,  Cynthia  
•      Rules 
•      Touch Blue
• Lovell, Patty
•      Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon 
• Ludwig, Trudy
•      Just Kidding 

M

• Maclear, Kyo
•      Spork
• Martin, Jacqueline Briggs
•      Snowflake Bentley
• Materson Elementary Students in Kennett, Missouri
•      September 12th: We Knew Everything Would Be All Right 
• McCarthy, Meghan 
•    Pop the Invention of Bubble Gum
• McKissack, Patricia C.
•      The Honest-to-Goodness Truth 
• McQuinn, Anna
•      Lola at the Library
• Messner, Kate
•      Marty McGuire 
• Monroe, Colleen
•      A Wish to be a Christmas Tree
• Moorman, Margaret
•      Light the Lights a Story About Celebrating Hanukkah Christmas
• Mora, Pat
•      Tomás and the Library Lady
• Morgenstern, Erin
•      The Night Circus
• Moriarty, Laura
•      The Chaperone
• Moss, Peggy
•      Say Something 
• Moyes, Jojo
•      The Last Letter from Your Lover 
•  Munson, Derek
•       Enemy Pie 

N

• Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
•      King of the Playground 
• Nesbit, Edith
•      The Story of Treasure Seekers 
• Niland, Kilmeny
•      A Bellbird in a Flame Tree 

O

• O’Connor, Jane
•      Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy Words 
• O’Neil, Alexis
•      The Recess Queen 

P

• Palatini,  Margie
•      Three French Hens 
• Parish, Herman
•      Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm 
• Parr, Todd
•      Reading Makes You Feel Good
•      The Earth Book
• Parravano, Martha V.
•       A Family of Readers: The Book Lover’s Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Literature 
• Paulsen, Gary
•      Hatchet 
• Philipp-Sendker, Jan
•      The Art of Hearting Heartbeats
• Pilkey, Dav
•      Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
• Poydar, Nancy
•      Rhyme Time Valentine 
• Pulver, Robin
•      Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day 

Q

R

• Rawlinson, Julia
•      Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
• Recorvits, Helen
•     My Name is Yoon
•     Yoon and the Jade Bracelet
• Riordan, Rick
•      The Maze of Bones 
• Rosenthal, Amy Krouse
•      Chopsticks
•      Christmas Cookies Bite Size Holiday Lessons 
• Rowling, J.K.
•      The Casual Vacancy 
• Ruurs, Margriet
•      My Librarian is a Camel
• Rylant, Cynthia
•      In November 
•      If You’ll Be My Valentine
•      Snow

S

• Sachar, Louis
•      Holes
• Schotter, Roni
•      The Boy Who Loved Words 
• Schwartz, Alvin
•      Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 
• Scieszka, Jon
•     The Frog Prince Continued
•      The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!  
• Scotton, Rob
•      Love, Splat 
• See, Lisa 
•      Dreams of Joy
• Selznick, Brian
•      Wonderstruck 
• Shapiro, Elena Mauli
•     13, rue Therese
• Shepard, Aaron
•      The Baker’s Dozen a Saint Nicholas Tale 
• Shulevitz, Uri
•      Snow  
• Siddoway, Richard
•      The Christmas Wish
• Sierra, Judy
•      Wild About Books 
• Simon, Rachel
•      The Story of Beautiful Girl
• Sloan, Robin
•       Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore
• Smith, Betty 
•      A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• Snicket, Lemony
•      The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming 
• Spedden, Daisy Corning Stone
•      Polar the Titanic Bear
• Spinelli, Jerry
•      Eggs
•      Maniac Magee 
•      Stargirl
•      The Library Card 
• Stringer, Lauren
•      Winter is the Warmest Season 
• Sutton, Roger
•      A Family of Readers: The Book Lover’s Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Literature
• http://passion2read.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/book-review-the-art-of-hearing-heartbeats-by-jan-philipp-sendker/

T

• Thale, Mike
•      The Teacher from the Black Lagoon 
• Thompson, Lauren
•      Mouse’s First Valentine 
• Tillman, Nancy
•      On the Night You Were Born 
• Tóibín, Colm
•      Brooklyn
• Travers, P.L.
•      Mary Poppins 

U

V

• Van Draanen, Wendlin
•      Flipped 
• Vreeland, Susan
•      Clara and Mr. Tiffany 

W

• Wallace, Carey
•      The Blind Contessa’s New Machine
• Watt, Mélanie
•      Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party 
• Wheeler, Lisa
•      Turk and Runt: A Thanksgiving Comedy 
• Williams,  Suzanne
•      Library Lil 
• Winter, Jeanette
•      September Roses  
• Wolitzer, Meg
•      The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman 

X

Y

• Yates, Louise
•      Dog Loves Books 

Z

•  Zafón, Carlos Ruiz
•      The Shadow of the Wind