A Child’s Journey Out of Autism: One Family’s Story of Living in Hope and Finding a Cure by Leeann Whiffen

Life couldn’t have been better for the Whiffen family when they welcomed newborn Clay into their lives.  Mother Leeann was thrilled that he would grow up closely with his older brother.  As any mother does, she has big hopes and dreams for her children and her family.  But when Clay is two, he begins to [...]

Get Lucky by Katherine Center

I have been a fan of Katherine Center since she published her first novel The Bright Side of Disaster.  And then after reading Everyone is Beautiful and later Katherine Skyping into my book club, the deal was cemented. Katherine is pretty much full of awesome.  I’m an unabashed fan.  And I’m happy to report that after [...]

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

Do you know who Claudette Colvin is?  You do know that Rosa Parks wasn’t the first person to refuse to give up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama, don’t you?  Read Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose and you will discover this unsung civil rights hero.
In full honesty, I [...]

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld

Okay folks.  Surely you’ve seen this book around haven’t you?  Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld.  I’d seen the cover before but had never taken the time to pick it up and so I was a tad excited when it was a book read by our fabulous librarians at our story time [...]

Chess Rumble by G. Neri, Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson

Chess Rumble by G. Neri and illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson is one of those books that I hope people don’t judge based on the cover.  I don’t think it’s the best representation of the book.  It’s a book that I would have walked by without a second glance.  But then of course, I’m a [...]