Buy A Curse Dark As Gold Special $9.49 (Regular price: $9.99) Publisher: Scholastic Format: Paperback and hardcover Reviewer: Melissa on August 12, 2010 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Before beginning to read A Curse Dark As Gold, I hadn’t thought about a fairy tale that I’d absolutely loved as a child called Rumpelstiltskin. I’d [...]

Buy Nonna’s Book Of Mysteries Special: $13.60 (Regular price: $16.95) Publisher: Lake Street Press Reviewer: Melissa on May 31, 2010 Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Have you ever been told that you couldn’t do something because of your gender? Emilia Serafini, the main character of Nonna’s Book Of Mysteries, was told that her dream [...]

Buy The Red Necklace Publisher: Orion Children’s Books, Dial Books Format: Hardcover, paperback, audio book Reviewer: Melissa on May 11, 2010 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars When I first saw The Red Necklace sitting on the shelf of my local bookstore, I was immediately intrigued. Anyone who knows me would know that I’ve read [...]

Journey back to 1643 to bear witness to Sally Gardner’s enchanting and modern fairy tale for young adults, otherwise known as I, Coriander. It’s no wonder that it received the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold award for 2005.