Category: Book Reviews

by Larry Dane Brimner     You can never go home.     Imagine it: the people you love, your room, your pets, you couldn’t see them again. No…

View More “Finding a Way Home: Mildred and Richard Loving and the Fight for Marriage Equality”

Uh-oh! Everybody’s watching. They’re all looking at you and now what? Your voice won’t work when all eyes are pointed your way. You can’t sing…

View More “Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume

by Gary Golio, illustrated by E.B. Lewis c.2020, Nancy Paulsen Books $17.99 / $23.99 Canada 32 pages It’s almost time for lights out. Just before…

View More “Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars”

The Christmas tree in your living room is for your entire family. Long before you were born, your mom bought ornaments for it, for the…

View More “Everybody’s Tree” by Barbara Joosse, illustrated by Renée Graef

by Mikaila Ulmer c.2020, G.P. Putnam $17.99 / higher in Canada 240 pages Sometimes, a thousand ideas buzz around in your head. You’re creative, and…

View More Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid

“Extreme Ocean” by Sylvia A. Earle, with Glen Phelan c.2020, National Geographic Kids $12.99 / $17.99 Canada 112 pages You had never seen so many…

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