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Nov 21, 2024 | 
thebuzzmagazines.com | Cindy Burnett |Henry Winkler |Julie Chavez
In the reading community, November is known as #NonfictionNovember, and book lovers focus on mixing in nonfiction titles with the rest of their reading. Before November ends, consider reading some true stories. Here are five narrative nonfiction books that I really enjoyed.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
abramsbooks.com | Henry Winkler |Lin Oliver
Detective Duck: The Case of the Missing Tadpole is a hysterical, full-color chapter book adventure from New York Times bestselling creators—Emmy Award–winning actor Henry Winkler, children’s book author Lin Oliver, and Caldecott Medal–winning author-illustrator Dan SantatWillow Feathers McBeaver, aka Detective Duck, is a crime-solving (and very precocious) little duck. She and her animal pals live on Dogwood Pond, a beautiful pond in New England adjacent to Lazy Days, a human campground.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
wonkette.com | Brooke Binkowski |Henry Winkler
Hello from your friendly neighborhood debunker! What a week, huh? Do I say that every week? I think I might. Well, if shit ever slows down, maybe I’ll get to stop saying it. But that won’t happen any time soon!This one was a real doozy, though.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Henry Winkler |Lin Oliver |Dan Santat |Andrea Beaty
Expanding her expertise, this detecting duck doesn’t disappoint, and neither does this entertaining sequel. In actor Winkler and author Oliver’s follow-up, Willow the duck’s sleuthing skills draw attention to another environmental threat at Dogwood Pond. Once more, Snout the weasel menaces prey, but rather than eating Franny the frog, he wants her to whip up her fried flies at her lily-pad cafe. It’s closed, though, because Franny has an emergency: Her child, Tad the tadpole, has gone missing.
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May 30, 2024 | 
shorelocalnews.com | Cindy Fertsch |Marjorie Preston |Kate Christensen |Henry Winkler
By Marjorie PrestonWelcome Home, StrangerBy Kate Christensen2023, HarperA toxic parent dies, and reluctant family members come together for the funeral, the will, and all the emotional reckoning they’ve put off for years. So begins “Welcome Home, Stranger,” a clear-eyed but compassionate view of people in conflict. As the story opens, weary D.C. journalist Rachel Calloway is heading to Maine to bury her estranged mom, the “cruel, drunk, wayward, beautiful” Lucie.
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May 11, 2024 | 
msn.com | Henry Winkler
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May 11, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Henry Winkler
'Being recognised is part of my life. I'm grateful, and that opens you up. I'm taking the Fonz and Beyond tour around the UK next month,' says Winkler Credit: Getty Images How do famous names spend their precious downtime? In our weekly My Saturday column, celebrities reveal their weekend virtues and vices.
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May 11, 2024 | 
msn.com | Henry Winkler
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
simcoe.com | Glenn Perrett |Nora Roberts |Brittany Pressley |Henry Winkler
By Nora Roberts, read by Brittany PressleyMacmillan Audio, 2023, 12 CDs (14 hours) ISBN: 9781250902450Inheritance by Nora Roberts is the first novel in “The Last Bride Trilogy” and the audio book is an excellent listen. Set in a Victorian house on the Maine coast, the story features ghosts, a haunted house and a centuries-old curse. Sonya MacTavish has just inherited the house from her late uncle, Collin Poole, provided that she lives in the house for at least three years.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
audiofilemagazine.com | Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler is clearly delighted to tell his own story. He learned to live with dyslexia; understand his odd, strict parents; and succeed at doing what no one thought he could do--become an actor. Perhaps he made it so quickly because he was never told how impossible it would be for a young man with almost no professional acting experience to make it in Hollywood.
