Children's and Teen Book Reviews

Season tickets have belonged to Stats' family for a couple of generations, so Stats gets to see a lot of baseball games. But inFenway Fever, the 2012 season is gearing up to be a rough one—the Red Sox are playing badly, and the Fenway crowds are treating them even worse. read more

I don’t write often enough about board books for the youngest of children at Seven Impossible Things or here at Kirkus—I’m usually running my mouth about picture books—but sometimes you see such an outstanding one that you gotta speak up. read more

Award-winning children's author and illustrator Chris Gall says he’s been drawing pictures and writing stories for as long as he can remember. In addition to his widely published commercial illustrations, he authored and illustrated the enthusiastically received Dinotrux, which introduced the prehistoric metal monsters that now return in Revenge of the Dinotrux. read more

I’ve expressed on more than one occasion my love for international picture book imports. They are always exciting to see, breathing life into the contemporary American picture book landscape. read more