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    Daddy’s Girl by Michael Schnabel

    March 23, 2023 / Comments Off on Daddy’s Girl by Michael Schnabel

    Live, Love, Hope – So Inspiring Daddy’s Girl by Michael Schnabel is a powerful book that is truly inspiring. The author wrote thebook for his grandson in order to journal his (the author) daughter’s cancer journey. What should have been the happiest time, the birth of a grandson, became the start of a rocky roadas […]

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    Shirley & Jamila Save Their Summer by Gillian Goerz

    August 14, 2020

    *See the Cat: Three stories about a dog

    February 5, 2021

    Newbery Buzz #1: King and the Dragonflies

    January 2, 2021
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    The Doctor’s Daughter by Shari J Ryan

    March 22, 2023 / Comments Off on The Doctor’s Daughter by Shari J Ryan

    Life, Death & Hope The Doctor’s Daughter by Shari J Ryan is a powerful, heart-breaking and inspiring historical tale that completely consumed me for a few hours. The story is set during World War II in Poland as we move from the Warsaw ghetto to Auschwitz. It is told in alternating points of view in […]

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    Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis

    June 6, 2020

    Thursday Sales plus the First Two Books are Free

    February 1, 2019

    Gladys Hunt on Enduring Value

    January 29, 2023
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    CSK Illlustrator Roundup: Standing in the Need of Prayer, Me and the Boss, and The Talk

    March 22, 2023 / Comments Off on CSK Illlustrator Roundup: Standing in the Need of Prayer, Me and the Boss, and The Talk

    The Coretta Scott King award, an prominent part of the annual ALA Youth Media Awards, honors African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children. This year’s top CSK illustrator award went to Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison Reading Level: Picture Book, ages 4-8 Recommended for: ages 8-12 “It’s me, it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer.” The author applies this simple sentiment, with its repetitive lines and rollicking melody, to the history of experience of black people in the US. From chains and slave ships to separated families and…

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    *By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman (Retro Read)

    April 2, 2019

    The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

    June 29, 2019

    Two Old Women by Velma Wallis

    December 16, 2022
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    Bright Island by Mabel Robinson (Retro Reads)

    March 20, 2023 / Comments Off on Bright Island by Mabel Robinson (Retro Reads)

    In this “Retro Reads” book, homeschooled Thankful Curtis must leave her beloved island to brave the mainland and boarding school. Bright Island by Mabel Robinson. Random House, 2012 (75th ann. reprint). 288 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended For: Ages 10 and up I really appreciate it when publishers re-issue older books. The market isn’t as wide, no doubt, for these old-fashioned favorites, but they’re worth reading and keeping in print. Bright Island is a great example; this 75th anniversary edition is now 10 years old itself! One of my favorite books growing up was Ruth Sawyer’s Roller Skates (another 1930’s Newbery title); Bright Island reminds me of that same type of old-fashioned fiction.…

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    Finally, Something Mysterious by Doug Cornett

    November 11, 2020

    *See the Cat: Three stories about a dog

    February 5, 2021

    Hilde on Record by Hilde Lysiak

    May 12, 2022
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    Ten Dates by Rachel Dove

    March 19, 2023 / Comments Off on Ten Dates by Rachel Dove

    Still Me Ten Dates by Rachel Dove is the most beautiful contemporary novel that warmed my heart and soul. The story is told in the third person from two alternating points of view. The reader becomes well acquainted with the two lead characters. Both of which are easy to empathise with. Love completely radiates from […]

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    Meet the Team: Hayley at Christmas

    December 22, 2020

    The Prince Warriors Series by Priscilla Shirer with Gina Detwiler

    December 29, 2020

    The Faithful Artist: an Interview with John Hendrix

    March 6, 2019
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    The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo

    March 17, 2023 / Comments Off on The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo

    Powerful The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo is a powerful children’s novel. It is perfect for ages ten years and over. This is a tale simply but powerfully told. It introduces the reader to the power of music, memories and the holocaust. It is written in such a way as to inform but not to […]

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    Hilde on Record by Hilde Lysiak

    May 12, 2022

    The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh

    February 22, 2023

    *The Sower by Scott James

    June 3, 2022
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    Princess of the Wild Sea by Megan Frazer Blakemore

    March 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Princess of the Wild Sea by Megan Frazer Blakemore

    A twist on Sleeping Beauty, Princess of the Wild Sea explores the concept of heroism and the danger and reward of risk-taking. Princess of the Wild Sea by Megan Frazer Blakemore. Bloomsbury, 2023, 303 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 A Curse and a Promise Princess Harbor Rose’s 12th birthday was supposed to bring significant changes to her restricted life on Small Island. The story of her situation is well known: how she was cursed at birth by a disgruntled magical aunt, who predicted how a prick to the girl’s finger before her 13th birthday would precipitate death and destruction to her homeland. But another…

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    Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots by Michael Rex

    March 28, 2020

    Books about Racism for Children and Teens

    June 9, 2020

    *When Daddy Prays by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Tim Ladwig

    June 7, 2022
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    Princess of the Wild Sea by Megan Frazer Blakemore

    March 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Princess of the Wild Sea by Megan Frazer Blakemore

    A twist on Sleeping Beauty, Princess of the Wild Sea explores the concept of heroism and the danger and reward of risk-taking. Princess of the Wild Sea by Megan Frazer Blakemore. Bloomsbury, 2023, 303 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 A Curse and a Promise Princess Harbor Rose’s 12th birthday was supposed to bring significant changes to her restricted life on Small Island. The story of her situation is well known: how she was cursed at birth by a disgruntled magical aunt, who predicted how a prick to the girl’s finger before her 13th birthday would precipitate death and destruction to her homeland. But another…

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    The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

    June 29, 2019

    The Money-Smart Family System by Steve Economides

    June 12, 2019

    2021 Newbery Buzz #3: Skunk and Badger

    January 12, 2021
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    Victory, Stand! by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes

    March 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Victory, Stand! by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes

    Victory, Stand!, this year’s ALA YA nonfiction award winner, tells the story of the notorious “Olympic fist” from a point of view that makes it understandable. Victory, Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes, artwork by Dawud Anyabwile. Norton, 2022, 202 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-15 Raising a Champion When the national anthem played, they bowed their heads and raised their fists, sheathed in black leather gloves. Tommie Smith had just won an Olympic gold medal for breaking a record in the 200 meter; his friend and teammate had won bronze. They hadn’t planned what they were going to…

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    Ordinary Homeschooling: Just serve dinner.

    July 23, 2020

    *By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman (Retro Read)

    April 2, 2019

    The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley

    July 22, 2019
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    Victory, Stand! by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes

    March 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Victory, Stand! by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes

    Victory, Stand!, this year’s ALA YA nonfiction award winner, tells the story of the notorious “Olympic fist” from a point of view that makes it understandable. Victory, Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes, artwork by Dawud Anyabwile. Norton, 2022, 202 pages. Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-15 Raising a Champion When the national anthem played, they bowed their heads and raised their fists, sheathed in black leather gloves. Tommie Smith had just won an Olympic gold medal for breaking a record in the 200 meter; his friend and teammate had won bronze. They hadn’t planned what they were going to…

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    What Happens Next

    December 10, 2020

    American Lives: a Picture Book Roundup

    July 8, 2020

    We Could Be Heroes by Margaret Finnegan

    June 25, 2020
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