Pig and Pug by Laura Marchesani My rating: 4 of 5 stars Publisher: Penguin Young Readers 2015 A lonely pig wants a friend. One day a new animal comes to the farm that isn’t a cow, a chicken, a sheep, or a pig. It does all the things a pig does but it is NOT… Continue reading Book Review: Pig and Pug by Laura Marchesani
I am so excited to be able to say that I am one of the newest members of the Leadership Team of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project, the local arm of the National Girls Collaborative Project. Both organizations are committed to working with nonprofits, schools, companies, and other organizations (libraries!!) to motivate girls to pursue STEM… Continue reading Texas Girls Collaborative Project
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry My rating: 5 of 5 stars Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015 picture book Stick. Stone. Start out apart and alone. Stick sticks up for Stone when Pinecone won’t leave him alone. A friendship has grown. But Stick gets windblown. Stone again is alone. Stone rescues Stick. Together again… to… Continue reading #PictureBook Review: Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
Not Norman: A Goldfish Story by Kelly Bennett My rating: 4 of 5 stars Publisher: Candlewick picture book For his 8th birthday, a little boy gets a goldfish named Norman as a pet. Unfortunately, he wanted a more exciting pet. One who could play catch and curl up on his bed at night. Not Norman.… Continue reading #PictureBook Review: Not Norman by Kelly Bennett
One Busy Day: A Story for Big Brothers and Sisters by Lola M. Schaefer My rating: 5 of 5 stars Publisher: Disney Hyperion picture book Little sister Mia will do anything to play with her big brother Spencer… but he is always too busy. We see her go about her day painting, dancing, exploring, and… Continue reading #PictureBook Review: One Busy Day by Lola Schaefer
What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig by Emma J. Virjan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Publisher: Harper Collins A pig in a wig in a boat on a moat attracts many other animals and things… until our pig decides that it is too crowded and she would prefer to be… Continue reading Book Review: What This Story Needs Is a Pig In a Wig by Emma J. Virjan
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates My rating: 5 of 5 stars Publisher: Spiegel & Grau nonfiction Between the World and Me is written as a letter to Coates’ son Samori, a teen at the time of publication. A heartbreaking revelation of the hardships his son will face for merely being black in… Continue reading Book Review: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough My rating: 3 of 5 stars Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books ya, fantasy, magical realism Henry and Flora. Chosen at birth to be players in an ill-fated game by Love and Death. Worlds apart in Depression-era Seattle, Flora is an African American jazz singer and pilot.… Continue reading Book Review: The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
Pilgrim Stories by Margaret Pumphrey My rating: 3 of 5 stars Publisher: Scholastic middle grade, Thanksgiving This title takes readers from the religious oppression the Separatists faced in England under King James to Holland to that incredibly difficult first winter in Plymoth to the treaty reached with Massasoit to the three-day long feast after the… Continue reading Book Review: Pilgrim Stories by Margaret Pumphrey
