I was humming a song the other day and realized it was Pierre sung by Carole King. Pierre by Maurice Sendak as well as Chicken Soup with Rice are childhood favorites of mine. What about Max in Where the Wild Things Are you ask? I liked it, but that was my brother’s book so I […]
Review My kids and I just finished listening to Simon B. Rhymin’ by Dwayne Reed. We enjoyed listening to it!!! It would be the first request as soon as my second grader jumped in the car after-school. The absolute highlight were the actual rap tracks that were embedded into the story. It included music and […]
A Captivating Novel-in-Verse Let me just say that I finished this book in two days and that was only the first of several re-reads that I plan for it. When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez is a phenomenal novel-in-verse that is both heart touching and heart wrenching. Some Background This novel-in-verse is based on […]
When I heard that a 15-year old was the author of We Can: Portraits of Power, I immediately wanted to check it out. As an educator and mom I am always here for kid/teen success stories! Also as a mom of an artistic child, I can’t wait to share this inspirational book with her. Some […]
I got put onto Ring Shout by by P. Djèlí Clark by fellow Bookstagrammer @Bookish_Afrolatina after I saw it on her timeline. I was immediately intrigued and wondered whether it was a backlist title or something recently published. Either way, I had never heard of it before. But I’m definitely glad it turned up on […]
My local library has a podcast, called These Books Made Me: Exploring The Literary Heroines Who Shaped Us and they have done some episodes on the early set of characters from the American Girls Pastimes series. (You should check it out!) When fellow bookstagrammer, @hawa.reads mentioned the podcast recently it triggered me to think of […]
So you like to read horror books, you say? But are you prepared to be shook by the queen of plot twists? We shall see. Since I want to avoid spoilers, I decided to take a different approach to my review of White Smoke by TIffany D. Jackson. So, check out my five pieces of […]
This week I am reading The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley. I am five chapters in and I really like the main character Iris. She’s got sass, a sense of survival and a need to discover the mystery of her real identity. She is also a Black girl who works in a circus as […]
Sometimes when you look at books that you read when you were younger, you remember the experience more than the plot. That’s how I feel about The Twits by Roald Dahl. It was actually one of my favorites from elementary school. But it was my favorite because it cracked me up. I mean the kind […]
Let’s celebrate Latinx Heritage Month! It started today, Sept. 15 and goes until Oct. 15. To start my celebration I am sharing a list of books that I have read and enjoyed over the past few years. I am also sharing books by Latinx authors that are on my current TBR list. Books I Have […]