Book Owl’s Blog

The first book in The 39 Clues series, “The Maze of Bones” by Rick Riordan, starts off with the death of Grace Cahill. Stated in her will, her grandchildren are faced with a big choice: a million dollars or a clue! The clue begins the search to the family’s secret. There will be ten books […]

The classic children’s picture book, “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak was written in 1963.  It tells a tale of a little boy named Max, who has quite an imagination.  When causing mischief in his wolf costume, he is sent to his room as punishment.  There a deep forest grows with a discovery of wild monsters!  With a […]

The popular Dr. Seuss book “Horton Hears A Who!” made it to the movies, and then I hear a …… huh? Having read many different reviews on this movie, seems you either loved it or hated it, but all in all it comes back to the book that began it all. Since the release of […]

Jeff Kinney’s bestselling “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” book series is coming to the big screen as a live-action family film!
Recent news reported the studio’s Fox 2000 division bought all rights to the novel series.  Kinney’s first two books: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules,” both hit No. 1 […]