Jessica – Spooky KidLit

Image: A young boy with light skin and black hair sits in an armchair reading a book. Black shadows loom behind him with glowing colorful eyes. Text: "Alfred's Book of Monsters. Sam Streed."

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Jessica

KidLit Book Review: Alfred’s Book of Monsters by Sam Streed

Image: A girl and a man are silhouetted in black against a green background with a white meteor shining above them. Text: "Buttercup Sunshine and the House on Hangman's Hill. Colin Mulhern."

October 30, 2019October 29, 2019 Jessica

KidLit Book Review: Buttercup Sunshine and the House on Hangman’s Hill by Colin Mulhern

Image: from left to right, Axe, Weta, and Toro stand in front of a red, black, and bluish-green landscape. Axe wears dark sunglasses and raises a clawed hand. Weta has fanged mandibles and antennae. Toro has horns and a septum ring.

October 25, 2019 Jessica

Interview: Elie Lichtschein of The Creeping Hour

Image: A clawed hand forms the “C” to spell out “The Creeping Hour - WGBH” in front of a spooky moonlit landscape.

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 Jessica

Podcast Review: The Creeping Hour

A young boy in a tiger costume holds a trick-or-treat bag as other children in costumes walk around a neighborhood behind him.

October 14, 2019October 12, 2019 Jessica

KidLit Book Review: A Tiger Called Tomás by Charlotte Zolotow and Marta Álvarez Miguéns

Black, red, and white illustration. A hamster wearing a crown brandishes a sword and stands protectively in front of a smaller hamster wearing a red cloak.

June 6, 2019June 1, 2019 Jessica

KidLit Book Review: Hamster Princess: Little Red Rodent Hood by Ursula Vernon

A young boy with light skin, tall black hair, glasses, a blue shirt, and green pants holds a red door closed with a look of fear on his face. Eyes glare at him in the black background behind the door. Text: "Sam Wu Is Not Afraid of Ghosts. See, totally NOT scared. Katie & Kevin Tsang. Illustrated by Nathan Reed."

June 5, 2019June 2, 2019 Jessica

KidLit Book Review: Sam Wu Is Not Afraid of Ghosts by Katie & Kevin Tsang and Nathan Reed