Building Lifelong Readers

A Perfect Day by Lane Smith was published in 2017 and tells the story of a perfect day for several animals in Bert's yard. He explains ...

Robomop by Sean Taylor and Edel Rodriguez was published in 2013 and is the cute story of a robot mop that lives in a bathroom lavatory in t...

Out of the Easy ,  a historical fiction  by Ruta Sepetys, was published in 2013. This story is set in 1950 era New Orleans and is the story ...

Booked by Kwame Alexander was published in 2016 and is a book told in verse. I love stories written in verse, especially ones that appeal t...

Dear Martin by Nic Stone was published in 2017. I've been actively seeking out books written by authors and illustrators of color....

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo was published in 2018 and is a novel written in verse. This is one of my favorite books that I read this yea...

When We Were Alone written by David A. Robertson and  illustrated by Julie Flett was published in 2016. Robertson tells the story of a chil...

 If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't! by Elise Parsley was published in 2016 and is just a cute as her book, If You ...

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi was published in 2020. This book was originally published as Stam...

 We've received many NICU donations in the last few weeks. I am way behind on getting them posted and thanking you all because I've ...

Everything to Spend the Night written by Ann Whitford Paul and illustrated by Maggie Smith is an ABC book published in 1999. I collect ABC ...

Perfect by Max Amato was published in 2019 and my grand kids think this book is funny. The story begins with a clean eraser on a ...

The Hate U Give ,  Angie Thomas' debut novel, was published in 2017, and although I'd heard many good things about this book, I'...

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin  written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet was published in 2013. I had nev...