Emotional,beautiful and poetic story about a song that transcended decades. Written by a wife’s late husband, the song is later shared by a musician. It is a sad, but hopeful story about love, loss, and how memories and creations continue to live, even after the loved one is gone.
We love this review from Publishers Weekly on THE WORD DANCER by Maxine Rose Schur! This whimsical middle grade adventure empowers kids to use their words to fight injustice and create their own magic.
I can be All Three is a beautiful picture book celebrating roots, family and multiculturalism. This book is a great conversation starter with young children about family history and about the story of who they are.
If you love Middle Grade Historical Fictions, you need to check Light comes to Shadow Mountain, a stunning story about a young girl determined to light up her Appalachian community.
Gorgeous prose and winning characters combine in this quirky, often-hilarious, sometimes heart-breaking, and thoroughly captivating middle grade adventure series starter from an incredible new talent.
Dare to Question is such an interesting and important picture book ! This biography shares the endurance, determination and perseverance of Carrie Chapman Catt as she fought for Women's Rights during the Suffrage Movement .
I associate Jon Klassen work with delicious dark humor, originality and beautiful art. The Skull is no different. Retelling of a Tyrolean Folktale, it is the story of an unexpected friendship, a growing experience for Otilla, the young heroine, and a dark gothic tale that will make young readers shiver with excitement and anticipation.
My Bollywood Dream is a love letter to Bollywood movies and to Mumbai. With beautiful illustrations, this picture book is a celebration of dance, music, cinema, Indian culture and dreams.
Not sure if you heard, but the #asianamerican#literature#festival at the Smithsonian was canceled this year with no real reasons given. The organizers have written an open letter to the Smithsonian.
Quotes that show #kidlit is not just for children:
“It was morning. Some of the sky was yellow, some the softest blue. One small cloud scuttled along. Strange how everything below can be such death and chaos and pain while above the sky is peace, sweet blue gentleness. I heard a shaman say once, the Ancestors want our souls to be like the blue sky.”
―Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days.