I review children’s books from picture books to YA for Armadillo Magazine, The Children’s Book Review, iReadBooks Tours and was a former reviewer for the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Here you’ll find links to all of those reviews, guest posts, author interviews and giveaways.
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Book Review + Giveaway: She Who Rides Horses
Title: She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe (Book One) | Author: Sarah V. Barnes | Genre: Historical Fiction | Publisher: Lilith House Press | Publication Date: March 2022 Book Description: Set more than 6,000 years ago, She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe (Book One) begins the story of Naya, the first person to ride a horse.…
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Book Review + Giveaway: The Doktor’s Daughter
Title: The Doktor’s Daughter | Author: Nancy McDonald | Genre: Middle Grade (Historical Fiction) | Publisher: Iguana Books | Release Date: June 2022 Book Description: Tragedy brings Amelie Meyer back to Berlin. It’s been four years since she was forced to flee her home, leaving everything behind — including her father. Transformed by the Nazis, Berlin is now a drab and dangerous city, and Amelie…
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Author Interview with Nancy McDonald
It’s a pleasure to host an interview with Nancy McDonald, author of gripping WWII middle grade novels, and learn how travel and location play a part in her well-researched books. We never know how we’ll respond to adversity until we’re faced with it. Q: How long have you been writing? A: I’ve been a professional writer my…
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Book Review + Giveaway: Girl on the Run
Title: Girl on the Run | Author: Nancy McDonald | Genre: Middle Grade (Historical Fiction) | Publisher: Iguana Books | Release Date: September 2021 Book Description: It’s 1933 in Berlin. The Nazis have seized power, and for thirteen-year-old Amelie Meyer life is changing in ways she never could have imagined. Her new teacher is picking on Jewish students, her friends are starting to shun her…
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Words to Write By
“A good story cannot function like a legal brief, which attempts to persuade and lead the reader down a narrow path suspended above the abyss of unreason. Rather, it must be more like an empty house, an open garden, a deserted beach by the ocean. The reader moves in with their own burdensome baggage and…
Stephanie Ward 