BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Children's and Teen: 9 - 11 years old

CHILDREN'S

Released: May 1, 2008

LITTLE VAMPIRE

by Joann Sfar, illustrated by Joann Sfar, translated by Alexis Siegel, Edward Gauvin

"Libraries that bought the first two chapters (which were issued by a different publisher) will need this as a value-added replacement. (Graphic novel. 9-11)"

Three episodes—two of which were originally published in English separately in 2003—feature the diminutive, grey-skinned bloodsucker, his human friend Michael and a haunted-houseful of spectacularly lurid ghouls and creepies. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Nov. 1, 2005

AROUND THE WORLD

by John Coy, illustrated by Antonio Reonegro, Tom Lynch

"Opening and closing with Tanika and Jamal shooting "Around the World" on a playground in New York (instructions for play appended), Coy and the illustrators give the speed, the physicality and especially the international scope of the game a real slam dunk. (endpaper map) (Picture book. 6-9)"

In the hottest and most cosmic hoops contest since Kevin O'Malley's Mount Olympus Basketball (2003), Coy shifts the court between shots from New York to Perth, to Shanghai, then Istanbul and on around the world. Read full book review >