The Colors of Madeleine

Children's Literature, Fantasy, Jaclyn Moriarty, Reviews, , , 2 Comments

If you have yet to read Jaclyn Moriarty‘s The Colors of Madeleine trilogy, then many pleasures await you. The third volume – A Tangle of Gold – was just published last month. It is fantasy that remains fully grounded in everyday experience. It has characters that I enjoy spending time with. It is about growing up, it asks

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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Art, Children's Literature, Fantasy, J. M. Barrie, Kansas, L. Frank Baum, Neil Gaiman, Reviews, , , , , , , 5 Comments

The problem with a blurb from Neil Gaiman on a cover is that, invoking Gaiman, it inevitably diminishes the book by comparison.  This is not the book’s fault.  Gaiman is one of our most gifted contemporary writers.  Catherynne M. Valente may not be, but I wouldn’t even be thinking about the comparison if Gaiman’s endorsement

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