Reading is Magic

I’ve always loved reading. This isn’t a surprise, really. Not a big revelation to you all. It’s sort of like saying, “Breathing is awesome.” But I never realized just how awesome breathing reading really is until I had kids. Now, sure, I spent entire weekends reading...

New Review on Brain Burps: Another Brother

Check out my new review on Brain Burps About Books today: Another Brother by Matthew Cordell. Here’s what I love about social media: Darshana Khiani from Flowering Minds is my Goodreads friend, and she sent me a message saying she thought I’d like this...

New review on Brain Burps: Say Hello to Zorro!

Today I’ve got a review on Brain Burps About Books of the super cute picture book Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich (you can tell it’s super cute, right? just look at that cover!). I fell in love with Zorro and did the review, and then just this week...

Jonah Lehrer, and me!

Jonah Lehrer and I are on Brain Burps About Books today! Ok, ok, so we’re not on at the same time: Katie is interviewing Jonah Lehrer (author of Imagine: How Creativity Works), and (separately) I do a review of Nursery Rhyme Comics. I do think it’s perfect...

New Review on Brain Burps: Same, Same but Different

Check out the Brain Burps About Books podcast today to hear my review of Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw. I so, so love this story of pen pals, one in the U.S., and one in India. They compare and contrast their lives and cultures, and realize that...

Jane Wattenberg love + Dog Parade review

First of all, I have a new review of Barbara Joosse’s Dog Parade on Katie Davis’s Brain Burps About Books podcast today. It’s a great book, with the best illustrations by Eugene Yelchin. Ramona, in all her dog-loving-ness, went crazy for this one....