B&N: March Book Posts

For Barnes & Noble
Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss - Dr. Seuss' innovations and contributions to the world of children's literature.
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Letter-Blocks-The-BN-Parents-and/Happy-Birthday-Dr-Seuss/bc-p/490897#M32

Lenore Look's Ruby Lu & Alvin Ho series: charming and funny 'ready-for-chapters' titles about Chinese-American kids.
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Letter-Blocks-The-BN-Parents-and/Ruby-Lu-and-Alvin-Ho-quot-Ready-for-Chapters-quot-Series-by/ba-p/491556

Illustrator Wanda Gag and her classic title Millions of Cats
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Letter-Blocks-The-BN-Parents-and/Millions-of-Cats/ba-p/495558

Newbery Award Medalist Sid Fleischman - who, unfortunately, died shortly after I wrote this tribute
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Letter-Blocks-The-BN-Parents-and/Celebrating-Sid-Fleischman-Magician-and-Children-s-Author/ba-p/497843

Children's Choice Book Awards, including Lunch Lady & the Cyborg Substitute
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Letter-Blocks-The-BN-Parents-and/Vote-on-Your-Pick-for-the-Children-s-Choice-Book-Awards/ba-p/499568

Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell - also the diary format in youth literature
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Letter-Blocks-The-BN-Parents-and/Dear-Diary-The-Diary-Format-in-Literature-for-Young-People/ba-p/501165

Choose Your Own Adventure with Jason Shiga's Meanwhile - a unique choose-your-own-adventure-style book in a graphic format
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Letter-Blocks-The-BN-Parents-and/Choose-your-own-adventure-with-Jason-Shiga-s-Meanwhile/ba-p/502290

John Perry's The Book That Eats People - "Never read this book with syrupy fingers. Never read it with cookies in your pocket. Never turn your back on it. Never NEVER EVER read this book alone. Because this book is ALWAYS hungry."
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Letter-Blocks-The-BN-Parents-and/The-Book-that-Eats-People-Books-to-Devour/ba-p/504344

For Kidsreads
Book 2 of Sam Llewellyn's Lyonesse series is now up on Kidsreads. This is a dark and original vision of Arthurian legend set in the mythical land of Lyonesse where monsters fished from the underworld and burned as fuel threaten to poison and sink the land.

From my review:

DARKSOLSTICE is the second book in Sam Llewellyn’s original and imaginative Arthurian series, Lyonesse. It opens with Idris exiled from his rightful kingdom and in search of his sister Morgan, who has been captured by corsairs and sold into slavery in Aegypt. While still carrying the sword Cutwater and the scabbard Holdwater, Idris finds that his ability to read minds is fading. He must rely on his intelligence and ability to lead others to obtain his objectives: rescuing his sister and saving the kingdom of Lyonesse before it sinks forever into the dark waters that threaten to overwhelm it.

Lyonesse Book 2: DARKSOLSTICE:
http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/9780439934718.asp

Lyonesse Book 1: THE WELL BETWEEN THE WORLDS
http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/9780439934695.asp

Interview with Sam Llewellyn
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-llewellyn-sam.asp#view0902

Lyonesse for B&N:
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Letter-Blocks-The-BN-Parents-and/A-New-King-Arthur-for-Our-Time/ba-p/494523

Sam Llewellyn's books for children include comedic middle-reader titles, Little Darlings about a crime syndicate of nannies, and the Death Eric series about the supernatural adventures of rockstar Eric Thrashmetal and his resourceful children. Llewellyn's books for adults include a number of sailing murder mysteries, and The Worst Journey in the Midlands which reads like a melancholics' version of Jerome K. Jerome's classic Three Men in a Boat.

For Teenreads
Mike Lupica's THE BATBOY - not only does it deal with one of the most difficult subjects to hit the major leagues in recent years: performance enhancing drugs: it addresses the subject of role models in sports and asks questions about what purpose sports serve in a young life. An excellent title from a highly-qualified author.
http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/9780399250002.asp