This is probably my fourth reading of The Golden Compass and this time I read it aloud to my nine year old daughter over the course of several months at bedtime. She’s already read The Chronicles of Narnia, started the Prydain Chronicles, and is three volumes into Harry Potter so now seemed like a good time to introduce her to the His Dark Materials trilogy. I love introducing books to my daughter and watching her devour them the way I have. Reading this book aloud make […]
You can dance, Chickie Baby!
One of my favorite thing about having kids is getting to read with them. That’s how I was raised. Some of my own earliest memories are sitting with my dad and reading through an old joke book that he got me. After every knock knock joke or pun we would throw our heads back, laugh, and slap our knees. This review highlights a new favorite of my kids – Dance by Matthew Van Fleet. In this book, a newborn chick stumbles into a very cool jazz/big band/rockabilly […]
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
Sixteen years have passed since the events of Predator’s Gold and Anchorage is no longer on the move, having settled down at the edge of Vineland. Living on Anchorage-in-Vineland are Freya, Caul, Tom and Hester…and Wren, the baby that Hester was carrying who is now a bored 15 year old, longing for excitement. When a charming pirate – one of Caul’s old crew – turns up in Anchorage-in-Vineland looking for a valuable object, Wren seizes her chance for an adventure only for it to go […]
Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh.
So, unpopular opinion time: I hate Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I hate that the message of the story is that it’s totally fine and acceptable to make fun of and ostracize someone for being Different until you need them. People don’t need to be useful to be valuable. You don’t have to prove your worth to your friends. This book is about two friends that do everything together. They enjoy each other’s company. Nugget is a minnow and Fang is a shark. Eventually, Nugget […]
“Everything we’ve gained has been hard-won by a woman who was willing to be bad in the best sense of the word.”
Bad Girls Throughout History is a beautifully illustrated book with brief histories of a hundred women who paved the way for today’s modern woman. Shen begins with Lillith and ends with Malala Yousafzai sprinkling activists, actresses, scientists and spies throughout history as she goes. To be a bad girl is to break any socially accepted rule. For some women, it’s the way they dress. For other girls, it’s the act of going to school. At one point, it was fighting for the right to vote. The […]
Secret origins of fiendish pony villains
Last month, I attended a lovely library talk about women in comics. Christina Rice, a local librarian and comics writer, talked about her work on My Little Pony comics. I’ve always been a fan of My Little Pony, but hadn’t really watched the new show. To sate my curiosity, I picked up the My Fiendship is Magic volume. These five comics explore the secret origins of five pony villains. It was interesting to see kingdoms outside Equestria, the main pony land, told from the various POVs. Beware, […]
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