Books for Boys

01/11/2024

Real boys read Moby Dick.

11/30/2023

09/10/2022

Amy Sarig King's ATTACK OF THE BLACK RECTANGLES should be read by all kids, of all ages, especially the adults!

08/07/2022

Updates coming soon. Thank you for your patience.

05/18/2022

Let’s not contribute to the compartmentalizing of.people and culture: a “boy book” does not mean, in our estimation, a book only for, with, or about boys. Most well-rounded males have grown up with a strong understanding of the beauty and power of females, too. And one of the finest series of children's books for boys is Megan McDonald's Judy Moody.

05/15/2022

I still think Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series (the original sequence) was superior to Harry Potter. Not that Rowling's series wasn’t good…

05/04/2022

Watch Avatar: The Last Airbender, the series (not the movie). Then, watch it again. All the important life lessons are there, without the oversimplification (“you can do anything, just because you’re you”) of most messages for kids over the past decade or so.

04/15/2022

One YA writer worth checking out:
Jeff Zentner.

04/08/2022

They may not be books, but they can make you think as much as the best stories…. Studio Ghibli animated films are tremendously beautiful, fascinating, and intelligent. They are being shown in theatres the next few months, as well, so check them out. Next month: Ponyo. Rewarding for people from age 5 to 95.

01/20/2022

A good middle grade book for boys trying to do good for themselves, their friends, their families: Ellen Hopkins' What About Will.

12/10/2021

Video game suggestion: Dragon Quest XI. Good storytelling, fun turn-based JRPG. Lots of reading involved, too, all of which asks the player to remember elements of narrative as they proceed.

12/06/2021

Excellent middle grade reading: Ellen Hopkins' WHAT ABOUT WILL