From Our Archives: Notes From the Book Review Archives
In which we consult the Book Review’s past to shed light on the books of the present. This week: Robert Scholes’s on Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Y.A. Novels That Explore Love in Many Forms
A cross-cultural romance, a love triangle, a fake relationship and a girl in search of her birth mom in the latest realistic Y.A. fiction.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Great New Children’s Books About Animals
Why do critters feature in so many memorable kids books? Novels by Sharon Creech, Carl Hiaasen and more show once again how animals help us understand the world.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Picture Books to Make Your Kid — and You — Giggle and Guffaw
The latest from Jon Agee, Matthew Cordell and more present table-turning children, pants-wearing vegetables and even a touch of gastrointestinal humor.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
The Book Review Podcast: Big New Biographies of Two Big American Lives
David W. Blight talks about “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” and Bob Spitz talks about “Reagan: An American Journey.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Picks of the Litter: Dog Picture Books for Every Child — and Grown-Up
Finding and losing, playing and working, caring and staying true — dog books teach us about all those things while tugging at our heartstrings.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Books News: In Her New Book, Michelle Obama Denounces Trump’s Sexism and His Promotion of the ‘Birther’ Conspiracy
In “Becoming,” she talked about suffering a miscarriage, relying on IVF to conceive and the challenges of being the first African-American first lady.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Picture Book Biographies to Dazzle a Fact-Loving Child
Beautifully illustrated and closely researched, these books tell fascinating stories about heroes, unsung and otherwise.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Can a Simple, Classic European Fantasy Win Over Jaded American Kids? This One Just Might
“The Letter for the King,” by the Dutch author Tonke Dragt, gets a new English edition 56 years after it first appeared. It’s a straightforward story with buckets of charm on its side.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
Children’s Books: Picture Books About Cars, Trucks and Other Things That Clank, Roar and Move Fast
These books for young vehicle lovers have it all: size, strength, speed — even kindness. And a dog.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews
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