By: Tanya,
on 5/21/2013
SIGNED BY ZELDA is now in paperback! Kate Feiffer's Signed by: Zelda (with wonderful cover art by Kelly Murphy) is her second novel for young readers and comes on the heels of nine pictures books, four of which are illustrated by her father, the great Jules Feiffer. Besides her own great track record as a children's book author and her wonderful lineage, I was intrigued by Signed by:
By: Tanya,
on 1/21/2013
Kate Feiffer's Signed by: Zelda (with wonderful cover art by Kelly Murphy) is her second novel for young readers and comes on the heels of nine pictures books, four of which are illustrated by her father, the great Jules Feiffer. Besides her own great track record as a children's book author and her wonderful lineage, I was intrigued by Signed by: Zelda because one of the main characters is
By: Tanya,
on 11/23/2011
Every once in a while, usually while I am at work, I like to reflect upon how the number of books published for kids has increased exponentially in the thirty or so years since I was a young reader. The books I remember reading and being deeply affected by as a child are so few I can list them on one hand: The Westing Game, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler, Harriet the Spy, A
By: Tanya,
on 5/18/2011
My Side of the Car is the third collaboration between Jules Feiffer, writer and illustrator (A Barrel of Laughs: A Vale of Tears and A Room with a Zoo) and his daughter, author Kate Feiffer and my favorite.Sadie and her Dad are finally going to the zoo. One trip was postponed by a twisted ankle after mom tripped over a toy fire engine. The next attempt was thwarted by a lost dog. Another was
