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 [...]
In The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon, thirteen-year-old Sam is the son of civil rights activist Roland Childs (who is a fictional character just to be clear), who is close to Martin Luther King Jr. Sam has grown up his whole life participating in demonstrations and stuffing more envelopes than he cares to [...]
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 [...]
If you haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Grandma Dowdel, you have another chance in A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck, a companion novel to the NewberyAward winning A Year Down Yonder and A Long Way From Chicago. And well, if you don’t know who Grandma Dowdel is then you are simply missing out [...]
After reviewing three books this week about Sudan, I conclude with one last picture book: My Name is Sangoel by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed and illustrated by Catherine Stock. Sangoel, his mother and his little sister are all refugee’s from Sudan. His father died in the war and their home destroyed. He doesn’t [...]
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