OWTK KidLit + Comics
on February 13, 2018 at 3:02 pm ×
Arlo Finch In The Valley Of Fire is not just a book, not just the start of a series, not just an escape into magical woods, it is a literary springboard to become a better, fuller, more realized version of creative yourself, whether you’re 10, 13, 38 or 42.
OWTK Giveaways
on January 29, 2018 at 12:19 pm ×
To hear author John August tell it on his wonderful Wondery podcast called Launch, in which he goes deep into the woods to walk the listener through the process of conceiving, writing, pitching, editing, selling, and releasing his first book, Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire, this magical fictional […]
OWTK Giveaways / OWTK KidLit + Comics
on May 1, 2017 at 7:38 pm ×
It was an ever present threat levied during my lazy, underachieving childhood. My dad would never have done it. I think. At the very least, my mom wouldn’t have let him send her baby away, but I heard the foreboding words ‘Valley Forge Military Academy’ a whole awful lot as […]
OWTK KidLit + Comics
on May 27, 2016 at 12:19 pm ×
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Reading books on the Kindle app on iPads These are a few of our favorite dads. My sincerest apologies to both Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical theater crimes I’ve just committed, but the opportunity to […]
OWTK KidLit + Comics
on November 18, 2013 at 7:30 am ×
A new middle grade adventure book series should be a hit with girls and boys alike, and you can win all three books (including the newest not in stores until 2014) right now! Hello, holiday gift!
OWTK KidLit + Comics
on September 25, 2012 at 11:30 am ×
Ivy and Bean Make the Rules (Book 9) by Annie Barrows + Sophie Blackall Maybe it is because my girls are older than when we first read Book 8 (and, naturally, the previous seven) and, therefore, understand the social/sisterly dynamic of Ivy & Bean more than they ever could before. […]
OWTK KidLit + Comics
on May 31, 2012 at 1:57 pm ×
While it doesn’t pervade every morsel of my writing on OWTK, I make it no secret here: I dislike capital P princess culture. A lot. So when I heard of a three book series based on, or at least incorporating, the princess big 4 (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel), […]
Ivy and Bean / OWTK KidLit + Comics
on November 15, 2011 at 9:52 am ×
IVY & BEAN “NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS” (BOOK 8) by Annie Barrows + Sophie Blackall The latest installment in Barrows’ + Blackall’s whip smart chapter book series for girls 6-10 is a cautionary tale…for dads everywhere. “No News Is Good News”, an entertaining romp for young readers, doubles as […]