Little Bee by Chris Cleave is going to be one of my favorite books this year. Hands down one of the BEST books that I have read in a while.
I first noticed Little Bee when it was first released a year ago because how could I ignore a cover like that? As soon as I [...]
Gabriel’s Story by David Anthony Durham is one of those books that I saw mentioned somewhere (but for the life of me I can’t figure out where), I immediately put on hold at the library, and when I brought it home, everything else I was reading got put down and it cut in line from [...]
Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change by Michelle Cook was inspired by the phrase “Rosa sat so Martin could march. Martin marched so Barack could run. Barack an so our children can soar!”
Each spread highlights key figures in African American history including George Washington Carver, Jesse Owens, [...]
Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden and illustrated by Don Tate is the fictionalized account of a real incident which happened in astronaut Ron McNair’s life when he was ten years old.
Ron McNair lost his life in 1986 when the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff. But losing his life [...]
Oh my. This is my type of book. All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg and I were made for each other. And had it not been for the Cybils, this middle grade free verse novel might have flown under my radar (despite that I now see the reviews for it – all of which [...]
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