Me: Moth by Amber McBride
I took a roundabout path to read Me: Moth by Amber McBride. I had reader copies (mostly online) and then saw the final book was out (losing all my reader copies). I then happened to see the book on a shelf at work, but then noticed it was at my library and since I was not sure if I really wanted to read it, I took it out of the library. It took so long for me to finally get a copy and read that […]
Seeker of the Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor by Srividhya Venkat
A Song For August: The Inspiring Life of Playwright August Wilson by Sally Denmead
Love of the Half-Eaten Peach by Lee Wind
I debated if I should write a review about three books I only read as samples. Yet, I realized that they are must know about and I do not think they will have any surprises when they finally come out. All were read via online samples of the picture book. In mid-late July 2024 we will see Seeker of the Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor. Srividhya Venkat’s book was the one that had the smallest sample, but I was hooked. Starting as […]
Author vs. Illustrator by Bob Lentz and Donald Lemke
The Unlucky Kid by Bob Holt
Like Lava in My Veins by Derrick Barnes
There is a new genre, (or at least newish to me) that I call “Picture Book Graphic Novel.” I am sure there are others out there, but I have recently found three within a few weeks of each other. This means that the graphic novel panel format is done in the larger, traditional sized picture book and aimed at the picture book crowd, but can allow the older reader access as well. The first two were read via online reader’s copies and the last in […]
The Magic Box: A Book of Opposites by Charles Ghigna
What Love Looks Like by Laura Obuobi
Danté Plays His Blues by Allen R. Wells
Once upon a time there were two emails in my work email that said, “Please give our books a chance!” So I did. And out of the almost 10 titles I read via online reader copies, I found three I enjoyed and wanted to review. The Magic Box: A Book of Opposites by Charles Ghigna and illustrated by Jacqueline East had potential. However, due to the minimal text, it missed the OMG BBE (Best Book Ever) mark by a smidgen. There were not as many […]
Hands by Torrey Maldonado
Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes
I needed a short read or two. I found two, while terribly short looking, books that also felt like they would have some “meat” to them. And those books were Hands by Torrey Maldonado and Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes. I was familiar with Grimes, as they are the author of Garvey’s Choice and others I enjoyed reading. But Maldonado was new. Hands looked like it would be a boxing book. And it is, somewhat. But really what the book is about are […]
The Talk by Darrin Bell
CBR16SweetChallenge #New (I think this was the first Alex Award I’ve read) The main thing I liked about the book, The Talk was that it goes through the history of author Darrin Bell. We see the events that would shape him. But with a few exceptions, these were mostly just “day to day” events. The Talk is “Just A Day in the Life of Bell.” We see his point of view while we get his explanations, and his feelings. We see his family through his […]
