• Lists

    Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Refugee Experience

    AtoZ Blogging Challenge Day 19

    Refugees coming to America has been a hotly debated topic for decades. An experience that some people can barely fathom as families flee violence, hardship, gangs, war, famine, and persecution searching for a better life. These are just a few titles that speak to that experience whether through historical fiction,…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: A Different Pond

    Summary:  “Acclaimed poet Bao Phi delivers a powerful, honest glimpse into a relationship between father and son – and between cultures, old and new. A Different Pond is an unforgettable story about a simple event – a long-ago fishing trip. As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'm Thankful For

    This list could go on forever, so I tried to force myself to keep to titles that I’m thankful for that were published this year in middle grade fiction. I still had a lot more titles that I would love to highlight, but here’s what I came up with for…

  • Lists

    10 Picture Books About an Immigration Experience

    There aren’t a lot of books, but there are some books that deal with immigration for kids of all ages – from picture books to young adult novels. I chose to focus on just a few picture books, trying to get a wide variety of immigration stories. And if you…