Tag Archives: Margaret Ferguson Books

Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb

Looking for True by Tricia Springstubb. Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House, 2022. 9780823450992 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Jude and Gladys are … Continue reading

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Santiago!: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal – Artist, Scientist, Troublemaker by Jay Hosler

            Santiago!: Santiago Ramon Y Cajal – Artist, Scientist, Troublemaker by Jay Hosler. Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, 2022. 9780823450367  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Hardcover graphic biography What did you like about the … Continue reading

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Look and Listen by Dianne White, illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford

Look and Listen: Who’s in the Garden, Meadow, Brook? by Dianne White, illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford. Margaret Ferguson Books, 2022. 9780823443468 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre:  Nature fiction What did … Continue reading

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Next Door to Happy by Alison Weiser Strout

Next Door to Happy by Alison Weiser Strout. Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House, 2022. 9780823450862 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book?  Twelve-year-old Violet … Continue reading

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Fire on Headless Mountain by Iain Lawrence

            Fire on Headless Mountain by Iain Lawrence, Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, 2022. 9780823446544 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Hardcover Genre: Thriller/Mystery What did you like about the book?  Eleven-year-old Virgil, his sister … Continue reading

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Salt Magic by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock

            Salt Magic by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock, Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, 2021. 9780823446209  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover graphic novel Genre: Fantasy/Historical What did you like about the book? It’s … Continue reading

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Deadman’s Castle – Iain Lawrence

            Deadman’s Castle – Iain Lawrence, Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, (9780823446551), 2021 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Mystery What did you like about the book? At the age of five, Igor … Continue reading

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A Place to Hang the Moon – Kate Albus

A Place to Hang the Moon – Kate Albus. Margaret Ferguson Books, 2021. 9780823447053 Format: Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4  Genre: historical fiction  What did you like about the book? William (12), Edmund … Continue reading

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Girls and Boys Come Out To Play – Tracey Campbell Pearson

Girls and Boys Come Out To Play (Mother Goose) – Tracey Campbell Pearson, Margaret Ferguson Books, (9780823447138), 2021  Format:  Hardcover Rating: 1- 5 (5 is excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre:  Picture Book What did you like about the … Continue reading

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Kate’s Light: Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse by Elizabeth Spires, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully

   Kate’s Light: Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse by Elizabeth Spires, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully, Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, 9780823443482, 2021 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre:  Biographical picture book What did … Continue reading

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