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30 Modern, Middle Grade Classics
Summer is right around the corner and I don’t know if you hear this at your library, but we often have parents come in asking for classics to give to their children to read over summer break. This request usually makes me cringe on the inside, while I try to…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/22/17
This week I was able to to finish two books and start a third, which is pretty awesome! I finishedĀ Love, Ish by Karen Rivers andĀ Just Fly Away by Andrew McCarthy and then I also startedĀ Finding Mighty by Sheela Chari. It was a good week of reading and I know that…
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Book Review: Here We Are
I receivedĀ Here We Are: 44 Voices Writes, Draw and Speak About Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen from Algonquin Young Readers to review as an ARC (advanced reader copy), with a post-it note that simply stated, “The! Best!” which I’m entitled to agree with. The premise of…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Great Middle Grade Moms (or at least ones that try really hard)
This was a really difficult list to create – apparently I don’t pay close attention to the adults in middle grade fiction (when they exist, which is a whole other issue). And then when I was creating the list, I wanted to come up with a diverse list of families…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/15/17
This weekend was all about gardening and Mother’s Day! I took Friday off, which resulted in me gardening for most of the day – not just putting in new plants, but pulling out old plants, taking garden waste down to the park and then planting the new plants and re-doing…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Things On Our Reading Wishlist
Disabilities (other than Autism Spectrum) There are so many titles with characters on the Autism Spectrum, which I think is valuable, but there are so many other disabilities that can be portrayed and these books are not always easy to find. “Lighter” teen fiction I was the “good kid” in…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Things That Will Make Me Instantly Want To Read A Book
Middle Grade Middle grade is definitely my wheel house, I love middle grade novels because they’re not afraid to address the “tough topics”, but I like the underlying layer of hope. YA sometimes is too dark for me! Historical Fiction I grew up devouring historical fiction – I loved Caddy Woodlawn,…
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Book Review: T. Veg: The Story of a Carrot-Crunching Dinosaur
Abrams Books for Young Readers sent meĀ T. Veg: The Story of a Carrot-Crunching Dinosaur written by Smriti Prasadam-Halls and illustrated by Katherina Manolessou to review. “Reginald the T. Rex had a fierce and mighty roar!” He also happened to be a vegetarian T. Rex, choosing broccoli, beans, grapes, and greens.…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 4/9/17
I really enjoyed The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge this week – a mystery story with a fantastical element set in 19th century Victorian England. It’s an interesting look at gender roles at a time when women were not expected or encouraged to be educated. I also, finally, got my…
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24 Young Adult Books Featuring Black Protagonists
My goal was to get this list out during Black History Month, but in all honesty, these are amazing books that can be read any time of the year. Like my chapter book list, this list includes historical fiction, realistic fiction, and fantasy novels with characters that are Black or…
