I just reviewed Suzanne Kamata’s novel Losing Kei, a story of an American woman who loses her child to Japanese custody laws when she divorces her Japanese husband. Suzanne Kamata, like her character, is an American living in Japan for the past twenty-one years with her family and gives a unique perspective to the book. [...]
Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen is a very slim 92 pages. But in those 92 pages, you will be cringing, covering your mouth in horror and squeezing your eyes shut so you won’t be able to read the words. At least that’s what I did. What a raw look into pre-Civil War slavery. Sarny is twelve [...]
I grew up with a mouse in our house. The Christmas Mouse.
See, the Christmas Mouse knows the frustration of parents with children underfoot on Christmas Eve. They are really excited at the thought of what Christmas morning will bring, but as far as Christmas Eve goes, children need something to keep them occupied. The Christmas [...]
This past weekend we went to the Festival of Trees, an annual event where individuals, groups, and organizations decorate and donate a Christmas tree. These trees are then sold and every single penny (we’re talking millions here) raised goes to provide medical care for needy children at Primary Children’s Medical Center. Between 70,000 and [...]
Summer is in full swing here in Utah even if the weather isn’t (I’ve just turned on the heater again). Sadly, summer at our library means no more Tiny Tot storytimes because of the summer reading program, Catch the Reading Bug. When you go to storytime three times a week, and suddenly it’s [...]
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