This classic tale of a family’s move from the woods of Wisconsin to the prairies of Kansas not long after the Civil War has delighted readers for decades. Now we can be delighted by listening to Cherry Jones’s performance. Her lively and versatile delivery gives voice to Laura, Ma, and Pa. Especially enjoyable is hearing her sing. Paul Woodiel’s fiddle playing adds even more to this production. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
“The original impulse to write a book for this age was knowing that this is a time of identity formation for me, curiosity about the outside world. And I guess I wanted to make an offering in that space…I just wanted to write a book with an Asian American protagonist. And I thought, how cool […]
It’s the 26th anniversary of Barnes & Noble’s Summer Reading Program, and we’re celebrating it in style! Each summer Barnes & Noble gives young readers the opportunity to earn a free book by reading eight books and completing a journal about the books they’ve read. It’s a great way to encourage kids to make reading […]
What’s better than vacation? Reading while on vacation. But if you’re traveling with a carload of kids, you might not get much time to sink into an adult novel of your own, what with all the Cheetos flying from the back, little feet incessantly kicking your seat, and sibling squabbles that unfold in spite of […]
True story: When I was a child, I wanted desperately to live on the banks of Plum Creek*. I’m not the only American kid who wanted the Little House life; Roxane Gay felt similarly, she told me in a recent interview for The B&N Podcast. We all raced to read Pioneer Girl by Bich Minh […]
From Little Red Riding Hood in ancient times to 90s word-of-mouth classic The Blair Witch Project, we’ve always had tales about getting lost in the forest. Something about an endless stretch of dark, towering trees seems to trigger our most primitive fears. In each of the these recent releases heroes get disastrously lost, whether the woods […]