Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change by Michelle Cook was inspired by the phrase “Rosa sat so Martin could march. Martin marched so Barack could run. Barack an so our children can soar!”
Each spread highlights key figures in African American history including George Washington Carver, Jesse Owens, [...]
What happens when you take the infamous Shannon Hale, pair her up again with her husband Dean, and illustrator Nathan Hale (no relation), the retelling of a famous fairy tale, a feisty heroine, a bit of steampunk and wrap it all up in a graphic novel? Calamity Jack! A companion novel to Rapunzel’s Revengee (my [...]
I picked up a copy of Girl in the Arena by Lise Haines when I was at Book Expo America in New York City earlier in the summer. I must admit that I was intrigued with the book but I was afraid it was a copycat of The Hunger Games, so I didn’t feel compelled [...]
Want an adventure? Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller will give you just that!
Life will never be the same for Ananka Fishbein after she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment. Climbing down a filthy rope ladder deeper and deeper into the ground to find a mysterious underground [...]
As soon as I read the synopsis of The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante I knew I would like it. What is it with me and stories like this?
Agnes and Honey have been best friends since the day they were born. Both were separated from their parents (Honey is later orphaned) at birth [...]