I was going through my draft posts and happened upon this review template for Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem. Looks like I read it back in September and completely forgot about posting about it. Luckily, I do remember some details about the book so I thought I would try to spit some [...]
I Love Christmas by Anna Walker is an adorable picture book for the younger crowd with simple text and the most wonderful illustrations. Ollie, our cute little main character loves Christmas and everything about it. The crinkly paper, tinsel, string, baking cakes with his Nanna, stars in the sky, Santa, and sitting in bed on [...]
Picking Cotton, Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Jennifer Thompson- Cannino and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo is an unusual powerful story that I don’t think I’ll ever forget. In her early twenties, Jennifer Thompson was victim to a terrible crime. Her outside lights were smashed, her phone lines cut and while she slept [...]
So Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin is one of those books where perhaps not reviewing it in a timely manner ultimately creates the final judgment: it’s a pretty forgettable book. I hate to say that because I remember thinking that the book wasn’t that bad while I was reading it but when I picked it up [...]
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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