Building Lifelong Readers

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel was published in 2014 and is a Nation Book Award Finalist. I listed to the audio version of this boo...

Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy was published in 2006. This is the fictionalized story of the author's aunt who was one of twelve children w...

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George was published in 2008 and is an excellent retelling of a classic Norwegian fairy tale. G...

The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland was published in 2017. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy at my library for a dime. I li...

The Chosen by Chaim Potok was written in 1967 and is set during WWII. This book reads gently like a stream sparkling as it flows. This is a...

Cane River by Lalita Tademy was published in 2001 and is based on her family history. It is considered fiction because she has recreated co...

My Heart by Corinna Luyken was published in 2019. I bought this book because I love  The Book of Mistakes . The art is wonderful and the s...

The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz was published in 2005, and this retelling of The Ugly Duckling is a perfect book for autumn. The drawings...

The Lonely Moose by John Segal was published in 2007. I'm not sure if the title is the right title for this story at the beginning. The...

Bunnies written and illustrated by Kevan Atteberry was published in 2015. This cute story has a monster saying hello to the world: trees, cl...

Recently we ran out of books for the NICU babies, but some friends of the NICU came to the rescue. I also wanted to show you a book that I...

This is a new to me author, and I plan on reading more of her work. Tayari Jones is an excellent storyteller. I listened to the audio versio...

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson was published in 2019 and is a sister book to Speak. Shout is Anderson's autobiography told in poetry fo...

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul and Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon was published in 201...

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan was published in 2015 and I found a copy of this book at one of my local Little Free Libraries. In this novel, Rya...