• Lists

    Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Asian Protagonists

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    It’s the first official day of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge and I’m focusing on Asian Protagonists. Asia is a HUGE continent and there was no way I could represent the entire continent, but take a look at these twelve books from across the continent. I purposely left…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Festival of Colors

    Summary:  “Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from bestselling mother/son duo Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal. Spring is here, and it’s almost time for Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors. Siblings Mintoo and Chintoo are busy gathering flowers to make into colorful powders…

  • Lists

    It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/20/17

    I didn’t get to quite as many books this week, but I enjoyed the ones I did get to read!  Wish is a sweet story about family and friendship found in unexpected places (and a small spoiler alert – although there is a dog on the cover of the book, the…

  • Reviews

    Boys Without Names

    Boys Without Names written by Kashmira Sheth is a much more serious book than I have been reading of late, but it is an eye-opening fictional story about a real-life issue that still plagues the world.  The story is about an eleven-year-old boy named Gopal who moves from his rural…