Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
G is for Gabi, A Girl in Pieces I love this book so hard because there are so few books…
Diversity Reading Challenge 2022
The Diversity Reading Challege is BACK! I invented the Diversity Reading Challenge for people who wanted to read diverse…
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr!
“I’ve always been a dreamer” ~My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr!
You Should Read Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is a prolific writer of young adult and middle-grade children’s literature. The problem is, you might not…
The Talisman of El by Alecia Stone
The Talisman of El by Alecia Stone Here’s a brief synopsis: WHAT IF YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAS A LIE? One…
APeek at Black History Month
Black History month may be winding down but there is still time to talk about some of the great books…
Twilight and Ethnicity
In case you don’t know. I like Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. As usual, I came to the party later than…
The Earthquake Machine by Mary Pauline Lowry is a book I love to think about over and over.
When I think about coming of age books, I love to think about The Earthquake Machine by Mary Pauline Lowry…
Revisiting Banned Book:The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Perks is another example of a good book that gets banned or challenged and then becomes a summer reading choice…
Revisiting Banned Book: Go Ask Alice
Revisiting Go Ask Alice: I know schools are still requiring this book. Since my original post I’ve discovered that research…