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When I first saw The Squirrel's Birthday and Other Parties on the shelf one day at work, I pounced on it. When I opened the pages, I was transported back to my childhood - to Winnie the Pooh, Beatrix Potter, Tasha Tudor and the delicate, delicious illustrations that accompanied the engaging, sometimes silly stories. Toon Tellegen and Jessica Ahlberg are definitely heirs to the legacy of AA Milne
Anne Ursu's Cronus Chronicles series, the first book of which is The Shadow Thieves, manages to be playful and menacing at the same time, a bit like Eric Fortune's cover illustration which I loved so much I had to share in its text-free form. Published early in 2006, less than a year after The Lightning Thief hit the shelves, The Shadow Thieves is a different animal all together. And
Ok, I am just going to do this now and get it out of the way: YES - there are passing similarities between Tom Angleberger's amazing new book, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid that go well beyond their shared publisher, the excellent Amulet Books. Both are set in middle school, both are first person narratives, both contain kids who exist on the fringes (
Thanks for the great review. These will definetely be on my order list for next year.
Can't wait to hear what you think!