My favorite book of the summer or maybe even the year. A story about a “bad boy” abandoned, abused and a father. At 14 he is in foster care and has a daughter he has . . . read more »
This book didn’t work for me. It was ambitious in scope and included many themes that I found engaging but the characters were simply not convincing enough to make it work. I felt I should . . . read more »
This was a disturbing book. I admit to doing some eye rolling at first but by the end I was thinking that every parent should read it. It may be the personal story needed to convince . . . read more »
Picture Book As we mark the centenary of the start of the World War I, this fantastic true dog story will also teach a bit of history. Rags, a Parisien stray, was befriended by a . . . read more »
Picture Book Fans of Pinkney’s Caldecott Medal – winning The Lion and The Mouse will be equally enchanted by his retelling of another of Aesop’s fables, The Tortoise and The Hare. Pinkney’s storytelling is through . . . read more »
Picture Book This delightful story about friendship won The Caldecott Medal with good reason. Amos is a punctual zookeeper and thoughtful friend to the animals. He recognizes the animals’ different needs and is supportive. For . . . read more »
This compelling novel in verse begins in Vietnam during the war in 1975. Ten-year-old Ha and her older brothers and mother are living in Saigon, waiting for the return of the children’s father. Even as . . . read more »
This fantastic book manages to instruct on so many different levels. It is the best book about divorce for younger children that I have come across. Children’s feelings are predominant through the entire picture book, . . . read more »
The story takes us inside the heart and mind of a great kid named Rose (rows) who has high functioning Autism. Rose has no Mom, a dysfunctional depressed Dad, and an Uncle who cares. She . . . read more »
This is such a tough book…very well told but devastating. Do kids really have to read this stuff? Yes…because it’s the world we live in? Because maybe it will prepare them…thus prevent a tragedy? I . . . read more »
