The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker is an amazing debut novel. I was struck immediately with the gorgeous cover. It’s covers like this that make me want to pick up a book immediately. And then I started reading fantastic reviews and knew that I needed to read it. I was worried that [...]
Be Water, My Friend: The Early Years of Bruce Lee by Ken Mochizuki and llustrated by Dom Lee is the picture book biography of Bruce Lee. I have to admit that I’ve never had much interest in Bruce Lee but because my husband is a fan I’m well aware of him, his movies, and we [...]
Letters from a Slave Girl, The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary E. Lyons is based upon Harriet Jacob’s own 1861 autobiography entitled Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery, it was the only life that she knew. When her mistress, Margaret Horniblow, who taught Harriet to read [...]
I can now officially say that I have now read a Neil Gaiman book. And for the record I had The Graveyard Book checked out from the library before it won this years Newbery Medal. I would have read it one way or another.
If you don’t know the premise by now, The Graveyard Book opens [...]
How would you like to grow up in a family where your mother is perfect, your grandfather can move mountains, and your two brothers can control the weather and create electricity? Mibs Beaumont in Savvy by Ingrid Law is doing just that. Each family member possesses a “savvy” – a special power that erupts when [...]
