If you are looking for a Thanksgiving story to share with your children, I recommend Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry and Alexis Bunteen, illustrated by Garry Meeches Sr. This is the story of Thanksgiving from the First Peoples perspective. The Meal That Changed Lives Keepunumuk is the thanksgiving story told by […]
Have you ever heard of fire cider? I heard of it a few years ago when I was watching Youtube video on it by Jessica Sowards of Roots & Refuge Farm. Fire cider is a kitchen remedy that will help you and your family stay healthy during the cold & flu season. I was intrigued […]
If you love language, then you absolutely need to check out A is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation by Ellen Heck. As a parent of children who are in a language immersion school, I can tell you that this book is a fantastic introduction to experiencing different languages. When my oldest was in […]
The graphic novel, Parable of the Sower, hit me in the gut and gave me a few bad dreams. I’m going to preface this review by saying, I don’t know if I was quite ready to read a dystopian graphic novel yet, considering the times we are in. I’ve been avoiding dystopian novels since March […]
I don’t really know how to start this review except to say that this book snatched me up by my collar and held on tight until the end. Afterwards, I just sat there for 15 minutes embracing the feeling of being blown away. Full disclosure: I did not know this novel was a thriller ahead […]
I’ve known about the graphic novel series Maus for a long time. But I had never read it until now. The duology has gotten a lot of attention in the past few months because of the terrible book banning that is going on around the country. I decided that it was time for me to […]
I just finished The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray last night and I had so many thoughts afterwards, that I decided that I definitely had to write this review ASAP. When I first saw The Personal Librarian debut last year, I kind of eyed it but never really sought it out […]
I recently got hooked on the writing of Ruta Sepetys after reading her most recent book, I Must Betray You, which was published Feb. 1, 2022. Her brand of story is telling the stories that are rarely told. Between Shades of Gray: The Graphic Novel which is adapted by Andrew Donkin with art by Dave […]
Reading the anthology Come On In: 15 Stories About Immigration and Finding Home edited by Adi Alsaid felt like I was sitting at a huge banquet sized table at a huge dinner party listening to people tell stories all night long. It was a fantastic experience. I learned so much from the many different perspectives […]
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 […]