The Emperor’s Rhyme

NOTE: I’m on vacation for the next three weeks and won’t be sending out any posts again until late September. So just for fun, I’ll send you off with a little poem by A. A. Milne of Winnie The Pooh fame. It’s called The Emperor’s Rhyme. The King of Peru (Who was...

The Bright Side of A Tale Dark and Grimm

I’d like to put in a plug for Adam Gidwitz’s middle grade novel, A Tale Dark & Grimm (along with his two sequels, In A Glass Grimmly, and The Grimm Conclusion). The first book is an entertaining retelling of the Hansel and Gretel story like you’ve never heard it...