Yesterday I gushed about 14 Cows for America illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez and written by Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah. If you missed my gushing, go back and read my book review because I can honestly say that 14 Cows For America is one of the most beautiful picture books that [...]
Wow.
Do not let this unassuming cover fool you. 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah and illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez is a purely stunning picture book. When I finished reading the author’s note at the end, I had tears rolling down my cheeks. It’s a book that I [...]
With a title like First Comes Loves, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third-World Adventure Changed My Life by Eve Brown-Waite I had no idea what I was expecting from this book. I had skimmed just enough of the reviews to know that other bloggers loved the [...]
Unite or Die, How Thirteen States Became a Nation by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Jef Czekaj is a perfect book to sit down with this holiday weekend with your kids and learn exactly how the constitution was created. And trust me, perhaps my own recollection of history is rusty but as an adult I [...]
That Went Well, Adventures in Caring for My Sister by Terrell Harris Dougan is a beautiful and honest book which I couldn’t put down.
I wanted to read That Went Well for one simple reason: it takes place in my hometown and the author is local as well. Within the last month I have read three [...]
