New Releases
The Queen of the Frogs
Written David Cali
Illustrated by Marco Somà
News from EBYR & Elsewhere
- Julie Danielson featured The Blue Hour on her Seven Impossible Things before Breakfast blog. Danielson praises the “eloquent, detailed paintings” and says “this is one to be appreciated for the splendid artwork.”
- The Blue Hour was also reviewed by Spirituality and Practice, where the book is described as a “gorgeous meditation.”
- The new book trailer for The Blue Hour was featured in Thursday’s edition of Shelf-Awareness:
- Monica Edinger, a Lewis Carroll / Alice in Wonderland afficionado, reviewed Mrs. White Rabbit on her Educating Alice blog: “This book is wonderful to look at — the illustrations are full of references to the original book [i. e. Alice in Wonderland] as well as full of other wry tweaks playing off the text.”
- The Golden Key was reviewed in a “Wilson’s Bookmarks” post for Christianity Today. John Wilson writes that the new edition “gorgeously illustrated by Ruth Sanderson, is winsome indeed, and I’m looking forward to reading it with our grandchildren.”
- Jill Swanson reviewed Why Am I Here? on her Orange Marmalade blog, calling it “a lovely entry point into conversation and compassion for ages 6 and older.”
- The Blue Jackal was featured in a Kitaab World post about “Reflecting Diversity with Folktales.” The story “pushes us to ask ourselves about the judgments we make and the relationship between perception and reality.”
- If you’re smitten with The Queen of the Frogs, you’ll love these creations by Liza Rendina:
