News & Yahoos
6-08:
This just in for Summer 2008: KIMCHI & CALAMARI was selected for the
(Florida) Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Master List of Titles!
Rose will be making several author visits to Florida in '08-'09 to meet
readers, teachers and librarians
12-07:
KIMCHI & CALAMARI was selected for the Sons of Italy Winter 2008 Book Club. It will be
featured in the winter issue of Italian America
Magazine.
In honor of November, National Adoption Month, Rose Kent was featured at Paper Tigers. Read her article Three Cheers for Adoption Stories and Why We Should All Read 'Em.
10-07:
KIMCHI & CALAMARI was picked by READ ON WISCONSIN, Wisconsin's statewide reading initiative, as a book-of-the-month selection for 2008.
09.07:
Check out the 2008 Children's Writers & Illustrators Market (Writer's Digest Books). Rose Kent is one of five new authors profiled and featured.
08.07:
More good news: The Anti-Defamation League has selected KIMCHI & CALAMARI as a featured book selection for August 2007.
05.25.07:
KIMCHI & CALAMARI was recently featured in TIME FOR KIDS Summer Splash Book Reviews.
KIMCHI & CALAMARI was recently selected for inclusion in the eighth edition of the textbook, TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR ETHNIC STUDIES by James Bank. (Allyn &
Bacon Publishers).
“So what’s the buzz about KIMCHI & CALAMARI?”
"Kent has done an excellent job of creating a likable protagonist whose confusion about his status is touching, and also funny."
– School Library Journal
“No matter what their backgrounds, your guys will relate to Joseph’s fast-paced, funny, coming-of-age saga, and his struggles with his heritage.”
– Scholastic Instructor’s Magazine,
Teacher’s Pick for New Kid’s Books,
March/April 2007
“This will have special appeal for adoptees, but the questions about family roots that Kent raises are universal. “
– ALA Booklist Review, Feb. 15, 2007
"This is an absolutely wonderful book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I personally come from a mixed-culture family, and others with similar backgrounds will definitely be able to relate. But whether you are in a similar situation to Joseph or not, you'll love this book.
– Andie (Little Rock, AR)
“Rose Kent, a major new writer, made me fall in love with Joseph as soon as I met him in the first chapter…”
– Patricia Reilly Giff,
winner of Newberry honor for PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOORS and LILY’S CROSSING
“Three cheers for KIMCHI & CALAMARI! Deserves a gold medal. I knew my Rose could do it!”
– Theresa Kent, author’s mom,
who will read KIMCHI & CALAMARI very soon.
