Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry was a beautiful book about ranching, religion, faith, military families, and the Iraq war. Quite the combo there but it all fits together in such a way that the book is entirely moving and powerful but yet very quiet. It had me slowing down while reading it and [...]
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 [...]
My boys LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. The Book That Eats People by John Perry and illustrated by Mark Fearing is the book that they have been picking out of my huge stack of picture books all week. We read it at least three times straight through the first time I brought it home and [...]
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown had me in love as soon as I laid my eyes on it. See, my other love is gardening. If I wasn’t blogging about books than I probably would be blogging about gardening. I’m not a pro by any means but I love gardening so much that I [...]
How can I not love All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon when it’s illustrated by Marla Frazee? I adore Frazee. And All the World is no exception. How does Frazee do it? I discovered Frazee last year (links to other reviews at end of post) and am still in shock with how much [...]
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