Loving this wonderful review from The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books! Something really horrible has been written on a wall in the girls’ bathroom, and now the school is responding. In a meeting with the principal, the girls all wonder, “What is the bad-something? Who did it? And what will happen next?” […]
Reviews
Something Good Review from Publishers Weekly
Reviews have started coming in for my next picture book with Corinna Luyken, Something Good! Something Good Marcy Campbell, illus. by Corinna Luyken. Little, Brown, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7595-5742-0 The toughest moment in this classroom story by the previous collaborators (Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse) comes when the narrator beholds the “bad-something” on […]
RULE OF THREES review from Shelf Awareness
Loved this great review from Shelf Awareness, especially because it uses the word, “humdinger,” a favorite of mine that doesn’t get enough circulation anymore! Rule of Threes Kids in middle-grade novels tend not to have it easy. Even so, in Rule of Threes, Marcy Campbell (Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse) comes up with a […]
RULE OF THREES review from The Horn Book
Thank you to The Horn Book for this wonderful review! From the May/June 2021 issue of The Horn Book Maggie has high hopes for sixth grade, especially when the principal announces a decorating contest as part of the school’s spirit week. As an avid interior designer who has learned all the rules of decoration—and persuaded […]
RULE OF THREES Review from Publishers Weekly
I’m very excited to share this review from Publishers Weekly. It’s great when reviewers really “get” what an author was going for. “Harmony in the imperfect” pretty much sums it up. Rule of Threes Marcy Campbell. Chronicle, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-7972-0123-8 Twelve-year-old Maggie believes that “three is perfect”: her immediate family has three members, as […]
Calling Caldecott
Today, “Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse” is reviewed at the “Calling Caldecott” blog of The Horn Book. Every year, The Horn Book‘s bloggers put together a list of books they believe have a shot at winning the Caldecott, and each week, they pick two or three and lay out their case for why […]
New Review from The Book Mommy
Sometimes a reviewer really “gets” a book, and this is one of those times. This is such a thoughtful, and thorough, review from The Book Mommy. I’m so pleased she has selected “Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse” as her Favorite Picture Book of 2018! https://whattoreadtoyourkids.com/2018/11/15/gift-guide-2018-favorite-picture-book/
The New York Times Loves Adrian (and Chloe, especially Chloe)!
Long, long ago I was working a job in marketing/PR, and I decided I would never be happy in it, when what I really wanted to do was write stories. I remember telling my husband, “Who knows? Maybe someday I’ll have a book reviewed in the New York Times.” That was how I decided I […]