Published Reviews

The Honolulu Star Bulletin reviews A is for Aloha by Tammy Yee "This company's niche is alphabet books that not only teach letters, but facts, culture and history about each of the 50 states. Their Hawaii effort draws on the... Read More »	Booklist reviews The Tsunami Quilt: Grandfather's Story by Tammy Yee Although the events of the tragedy are depicted in the book, the horror is lessened by using a framework story that sets the disaster in the past and by showing... Read More »
Catholic Library World reviews The Tsunami Quilt: Grandfather's Story by Tammy Yee "The author tells the story in a very memorable and sensitive way. The use of warm watercolors enhances the story and the feelings of Kimo at both losses. A... Read More »	PaperTigers reviews The Tsunami Quilt: Grandfather's Story by Tammy Yee The book deals with the difficult themes of loss within families and the devastating sadness of the death of innocent children in natural disasters. Some children... Read More »
The Hollins Critic reviews COMING TO REST by Kathryn Stripling Byer Coming to Rest By Kathryn Stripling Byer. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. $16.95 (pa.) In her latest collection, Coming to Rest, North... Read More »	Rainbow Reviews reviews My Life With Stella Kane by Linda Morganstein Author Linda Morganstein delivers an enticing novel well-couched in Hollywood history with intriguing subplots such as Stella's deaf sister (who along with other... Read More »
Heartlands: A Magazine of Midwest Life and Art reviews McGowan's Call by Robert B. Smith "Rob Smith, author of two novels "Children of Light" and the futuristic moral fable "Night Voices," cuts closer to the bone in this winning collection of 7 stories... Read More »	www.myshelf.com reviews Picture of Me: Who I Am in 221 Questions by Kate Marshall Picture of Me: Who I am in 221 Questions by Kate Marshall and David Marshall Picture of Me: Who I am in 221 Questions is a tribute to you. It allows you the... Read More »
School Library Journal reviews The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni In this sequel to The Conch Bearer (Roaring Brook, 2003), Anand and Nisha have just begun their schooling in magic when their mentor, Abhaydatta, is sent on a... Read More »	Amazon.com reviews The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The boy magician Anand, his sassy partner Nisha, and their beloved teacher Abhaydatta reunite for a new adventure in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's second... Read More »

Monterey County Weekly reviews The Anthology of Monterey Bay Poets by Ryan Masters Masters put out a call for poetry and got 800 submissions. Of those, he took almost a hundred, and with Aptos-based publisher Susana “Suki” Wessling, of Chatoyant... Read More »	The Lutheran reviews A Journey into Michelangelo's Rome by Angela K Nickerson It was March 2001 when the young graduate from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., walked into the Sistine Chapel in Rome. “I was completely overwhelmed by the... Read More »
Alternative-Read reviews Quark Soup by Magdalena Ball [Magdalena Ball's] mind is a fountain of original ideas, expressed in conventional poetic format...That can only happen after years of struggle and hard work, when... Read More »	AMERICAN CRAFT Magazine (Oct/Nov 2008) reviews RUSSIAN TEXTILES: Printed Cloth for the Bazaars of Central Asia by Susan F Meller The intriguing title, with its mingling of the commonplace and the exotic, neatly sums up the collecting field that fascinates Meller and sets her apart from the... Read More »
Midwest Book Review reviews I love Jewish faces by Debra Darvick The varied look of modern Judaism shines forth in every page. Read More »	Newsweek reviews Columbine by Dave Cullen “The definitive account, however, will likely be Dave Cullen’s COLUMBINE, a nonfiction book that has the pacing of an action movie and the complexity of a... Read More »
www.booksthathealkids.com reviews Let My Colors Out by Courtney Filigenzi Some Q & A With Let My Colors Out Author Courtney Filigenzi: What inspired you to write this book for children? "Over the years, I watched as neighbors,... Read More »	Robin Gerber, Author of Eleanor vs Ike: A Novel reviews A Woman's Way by Sofia Diana Gabel A Woman’s Way takes readers into the heart of a free-thinking feminist struggling against her times in 19th century France. Told with boldness and passion, this... Read More »
Closer Magazine reviews Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock “Brilliantly written, [Me & Emma] is a must read.” -- Closer Read More »	Pacific Sun reviews Naked on the Page: the Misadventures of My Unmarried Midlife (paperback) by Jane Ganahl "Jane Ganahl unleashed" is the best description of this funny, charming, moving and discreetly gossipy book by the former San Francisco Chronicle columnist. Taking... Read More »