Meghan Cox Gurdon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Meghan Cox Gurdon is a book critic and author. WSJ Book Critic & author of "The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction" (Harper)

My Monster Moofy
Annie Watson
Reviews of “The Man of the Moon,” “Ride the Wind,” “The Wordy Book” and “My Monster Moofy.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/childrens-books-in-a-mystical-landscape-anything-can-happen-11625836783?st=5hhmcbsqunqxibg&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via @WSJ
Hardcover, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Place to Hang the Moon
Kate Albus
A new arrival from the author of “I Want My Hat Back.” Plus ‘‘Mr. Mole Moves In,” “A Place to Hang the Moon” and “Oddity.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/childrens-books-the-rock-from-the-sky-review-11619184502?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via @WSJ
Paperback, 2022
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us about Empathy
Paula Marantz Cohen
"As the plays turn in time, new facets forever catch the light..." Melissa Holbrook Pierson celebrates the Bard on his birthday with a review of “Of Human Kindness” by Paula Marantz Cohen https://www.wsj.com/articles/of-human-kindness-review-theater-of-emotions-11619131152?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via @WSJ
Hardcover, 2021
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bruce Swap
Ryan T. Higgins
Deborah Freedman’s picture book captures moments of change. Plus “The Sleepover,” “How to Apologize” and “The Bruce Swap.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/childrens-books-is-was-review-11621605708?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via @WSJ
Hardcover, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Leon Garfield's Shakespeare Stories
Leon Garfield
The British novelist Leon Garfield’s 1985 retellings of 21 Shakespeare plays, illustrated by Michael Foreman, sparkles with contemporary flair and was handsomely republished in 2015 as “Leon Garfield’s Shakespeare Stories.”
Hardcover, 2015
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement
Susannah Gibson
Among the many pleasures of “The Bluestockings” is the reminder that history doesn’t consist of the churning of vast impersonal forces but has at its heart the personalities and ambitions of singular men and women. Greatness too may begin in actions as small as picking up a pen or inviting a few smart people around for tea.
Hardcover, 2024
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Children of the Forest
Matt Myers
Mysterious shapes in the shrubbery add humor to this puckish escapade for children ages 3-6.
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952
Cathie Pelletier
Davis and Haigh thus became the first victims in Maine of the two-day tempest that Cathie Pelletier anatomizes in “Northeaster,” a historical re-creation of personal experiences so dramatic that they have lingered for decades in local and family lore.
Hardcover, 2023
$28.95$14.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wonder
R. J. Palacio
A wondrous tale from the author of “Wonder,” plus “The Beatryce Prophecy,” “Kaleidoscope,” “Daughter of the Deep,” “Once Upon a Camel” and more. https://www.wsj.com/articles/childrens-books-r-j-palacio-pony-kate-dicamillo-brian-selznick-rick-riordan-kevin-henkes-review-11633097686?st=swqul4ji0jigao4&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via @WSJ
Hardcover, 2012
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Beautiful and Damned: Novel
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A graphic novel adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story of love, self-invention and very careless people. https://t.co/NsL0JxYQt8 via @WSJ
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