Cat Nap by Brian Lies

January 14, 2026

It’s time for my occasional discussion of a children’s picture book that I love. Cat Nap is by Brian Lies, a Caldecott Honor-Winning Artist. If you’re not familiar with the Caldecott Award, it’s the highest honor a children’s illustrator...

Jeremy Deller at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023

October 11, 2023

I really wanted to share Rosemary Kaye’s coverage of a couple events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I’m hoping the photos come through. Those were taken by Robin Mair from The Edinburgh Reporter. Thank you, Rosemary, for your patience. ‘Did...

All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley

August 02, 2023

I can see why Kaye Wilkinson Barley said she treasures this book. My friend, Donna, recommended Patrick Bringley’s All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me. They are both right. It’s a beautiful, sometimes moving, book. Patrick...

All the Queen’s Men by S.J. Bennett

March 07, 2022

Sometimes, the second book in s series doesn’t live up to the first one. That’s not the case with S.J. Bennett’s second Her Majesty the Queen Investigates mystery, All the Queen’s Men. For some reason, I found the mystery and the characters...

The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait by Cleo Coyle

May 11, 2021

Jack Shepard is back! Let’s face it. While the blurb says “Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her gumshoe ghost team up”, many of us who read Cleo Coyle’s Haunted Bookshop mysteries love Jack, the ghost of a private investigator...