Actually, Marlane Kennedy is in Book Sense for her little sweetie pie of a chapter book, Me and the Pumpkin Queen. But she's there in part because of the little review I submitted:
ME AND THE PUMPKIN QUEEN, by Marlane Kennedy (Greenwillow, $15.99, 9780061140228 / 0061140228) "Mildred is very focused...on giant pumpkins, that is. Ever since her mama died, Mildred has had her heart set on growing a champion for the Circleville Pumpkin Show weigh-off. No matter what other kids say, and in spite of crabby old pumpkin champ Grover Fernhart, Mildred holds tight to her dream in this sweetheart of a chapter book." --Sarah Miller, Halfway Down the Stairs, Rochester, MI
Check out the full Fall Children's Picks list here. There's a lot of good stuff in there. (I hereby second the motions for Aurora County All-Stars; Book of a Thousand Days; A Crooked Kind of Perfect; Deadline; Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature; and Love, Stargirl.)
1 comments:
Nice recommendation. The cover on this book is adorable. I will look for it.
Linda Urban
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