3. Because These Books Glorify Science and Scientists. There was a time, not long ago, when studying science and becoming a scientist was considered one of the coolest things you could do, and there weren’t so many debates over the merits of scientific research: Science was important. The A Wrinkle in Time books hold scientists […]
After some riddles-in-the-dark, Cumberbatch-dragon-action, and a lot of meandering around, The Hobbit trilogy finally concluded with last month’s release of The Battle of the Five Armies. Director Peter Jackson also says he’s not going to return to Middle-Earth ever again, not even to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, but that doesn’t mean he won’t return to epic […]
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, a YA crossover hit by Ransom Riggs, was released in 2011 to glowing praise from no less than The Fault in Our Stars author John Green. The novel boasted an innovative twist on a timeworn literary trope which C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L’Engle, and J. K. Rowling have all used skillfully: a seemingly ill-fated […]
In her beloved, indispensable Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy, a portal fantasy spanning Earth and the angel- and chimaera-populated land of Eretz, Laini Taylor established her bona fides as a creator of rich, expansive worlds, author of impossible love stories, and spinner of narrative spells. In Strange the Dreamer, the first in a planned duology that’s out […]
Just Right Reads is a series hosted by Kamilla Benko, children’s book editor and author of the forthcoming The Unicorn Quest, featuring newly released middle grade books and Q&As with your favorite authors! Kimberly discusses what it was like to re-enter Ada’s story, shares which character is most like her, and reveals which character wasn’t […]
