Modern-Day Princesses (Egalitè) by Luis Amavisca, Dolores Brown, and Sonja Wilmmer
Before I started the picture book Modern-Day Princesses (Egalitè) by Luis Amavisca and Dolores Brown I thought that the woman in the top left corner of the cover was the actress Diona Reasonover (if you are unfamiliar with her, she plays Casey on the original NCIS television series). I felt this was … [Read more]
The Dry by Jane Harper
Bingo: Season. The small town featured is suffering through a season of drought Jane Harper’s The Dry is set in the small Australian town of Kiewarra. The town is in the middle of a terrible drought when the murder of a mother, father, and young son is discovered on their land. Based on the … [Read more]
Land by Maggie O'Farrell
The beginning of Maggie O'Farrell's Land finds ten-year-old Liam out in the woods in an unnamed, remote Irish peninsula with his father, Tomás. It is not long after the Great Famine decimated the population. At the behest of the British army, they are surveying the area to make accurate maps, … [Read more]
Track V05 Coach by Jason Reynolds
Once upon a time I was ignorant of Jason Reynolds the freaking awesome author. I do not remember which of his works I read first, but the Track series are the ones that stuck with me. The first four books are the kids the Coach trains, with each book done in its own style. With book five, Coach, it … [Read more]
Frog Face by Blythe Russo
Frog and I have a similar issue. Sometimes, I just am not smiling. A lot of the time I’m just sitting quietly and have to deal with people telling me, “You’re so quiet!” or “Why are you grumpy?” or "Why are you not smiling/Smile more!" Well, the first is rude as I don’t ask you why you’re so loud. … [Read more]
A Poem for Dudley Randall: Poet and Publisher of the Black Arts Movement (A Picture Book Biography) by Don Tate and Laura Freeman
Outside of saying A Poem for Dudley Randall: Poet and Publisher of the Black Arts Movement (A Picture Book Biography) by Don Tate and illustrated by Laura Freeman is a picture book biography of the man Dudley Randall, you can’t say a lot else about the theme. Sure I could say I read via an online … [Read more]
