Guest Post by a "Little Woman", age 12 The Postcard by Tony Abbott Reading level: Ages 9-12 Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers; 1 edition (April 1, 2008 ) Hardcover: 368 pages ISBN-10: 031601172X ISBN-13: 978-0316011723 "She died today." Those se...

Here’s something neat I discovered at the Boston Book Fest … One Story! One Story is a small press in Brooklyn (the address is “The Old American Can Factory” – you can’t make this stuff up!).  They publish ONE STORY for subscribers every three...

Thanks to the generosity of Sleeping Bear Press, I’m able to offer copies of America’s White Table to three readers of She is Too Fond of Books. This moving and poignant picture book (appropriate for ages 4 and up) tells the significance of the “white...

America’s White Table by Margot Theis Raven, illustrated by Mike Benny Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover: 48 pages Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press; 1 edition (April 21, 2005) ISBN-13: 978-1585362165 Back-of-the-book blurb: The White Table is set in...

The Magicians by Lev Grossman Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Viking Adult; 1 edition (August 11, 2009) ISBN-13: 978-0670020553 Back-of-the-book blurb: Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable.  A senior in high school, he’s still secretly...

I’m thrilled that HarperCollins has offered copies of Jess Walter’s The Financial Lives of the Poets to THREE readers of She is Too Fond of Books! Jess Walter is the author of four previous novels:  The Zero, a finalist for the National Book Award;...