Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor and Park share a bus seat on the ride to and from school.  They don't talk.  They don't look at each other.  They don't even acknowledge the other's prescence.

One day, Park notices that Eleanor is reading his comic books with him each day.  Then he sees the song titles written on her text books.

And they strike up a conversation.  Soon those conversations are the best part of each of their days.

The conversations grow until Eleanor and Park realize the feelings they have for each.  But can their star-crossed relationship survive?


This was a great look at life in the mid-1980s.  It's amazing to see how people lived without all the technology we take for granted.  It also a great love story that both girls and boys would enjoy reading.  I would recommend this book (or the audio version) to all teens.

Nursery Rhyme Comics

We usually learn our nursery rhymes as small children.  So we think of them as being for preschoolers. 

Nursery Rhyme Comics will change that!

This is a collection of nursery rhymes, both familiar fhymes and more obscure rhymes, where each nursery rhyme is illustrated by a different comic book, magna, or children's book illustrator.  Some illustrators interpret the the rhymes just as they are written.  Others feel the need to have their characters comment on the action in asides.  Others interpret them in ways we've never thought of before.

Nursery Rhyme Comics is great fun for children, and adults, of all ages!