You Never Saurus: a picture book by Professor Potts

STICK MAN by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

This time, Small Potato reviews her favorite new holiday book, STICK MAN, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Arthur A. Levine Books). Donaldson and Scheffler are the team that created THE FISH WHO CRIED WOLF. (Tiddler!)

The Boy Who Went Ape: by Benjamin James Watson and Richard Jesse Watson

How much do we love this book? Let the Talking Potatoes count the ways...

An Interview with Justina "Chin" Chen

Small and Ida sit down with the talented and delighftul Justina "Chin" Chen, author of THE PATCH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH AND A FEW WHITE LIES, GIRL OVERBOARD, and NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL. (Note: You'll find these under Justina Chen Headley in your favorite library or book store.)

She even spilled secrets about her work in progress--a fantasy novel set in the most ethereal place imaginable.

Let's Hear It for the Boys

The Talking Potatoes review A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER by Marla Frazee and NO, DAVID! by David Shannon.

It must be a boy week at the Tater Farm.

Watership Down by Richard Adams and Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

The Talking Potatoes review two favorite books, Watership Down by Richard Adams, and Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner.

Watch till the end for an impromptu rendition of Mahna Mahna (or however that Muppet song is spelled).

The Secret Life of Walter Kitty and The Two Bobbies

The Talking Potatoes review two wonderful books:

The Secret Life of Walter Kitty, by Barbara Jean Hicks and illustrated by Dan Santat, and Two Bobbies, by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery, illustrated by Jean Cassels.

Fairies of Dreamdark by Laini Taylor and The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Sciezscka

In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck, and Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson