April 23rd, 2009

"Maya Running" by Anjali Banerjee

Maya Running by Anjali Banerjee

My review

rating: 4 of 5 starsIndian-born Maya Mukherjee attends middle school in a small town in Manitoba. Besides struggling with the usual issues of adolescence (including pimples and braces), Maya straddles the line between the two cultures, with neither foot firmly planted in either one. Maya [...]

April 9th, 2009

BONES ROCK! by Peter Larson

Bones Rock!: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Paleontologist by Peter Larson

My review

rating: 5 of 5 starsMost books for kids on the subject of paleontology serve up pretty much the same predictable soup full of dinosaur bones, fossils, and geological (yawn) history. Even the proposed activities can all [...]