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Child holding open a book to cover their face. The book is Guts by Raina Telgemeier

“Guts” delivers and important message to younger readers about mind/body connection

Guts by Raina Telgemeier

December 17, 2020 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

Raina Telgemeier returns to the autobiographical in Guts.  I’m late to the party on this book as my 13 and 9 year old have read it multiple times since its release in 2019.  For those familiar with Telgemeier’s autobiographical graphic novels, this is a story in which Raina is younger than in Smile or Sisters.  She’s in fifth grade and has begun having stomach troubles.  It started with a round of stomach flu going through her family and school.  But afterward Raina begins to obsess about the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: All Ages, autobiograpy, cbr12, Children's, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Graphic Novel, non fiction, Raina Telgemeier, YA

Dome'Loki's CBR12 Review No:41 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: All Ages, autobiograpy, cbr12, Children's, Dome'Loki, Fiction, Graphic Novel, non fiction, Raina Telgemeier, YA ·
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An autobiography in verse

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

May 11, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Official book description: Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s soul as she searches for her place in the world. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: autobiograpy, Award Winner, brown girl dreaming, cbr12, jacqueline woodson, Malin, poetry, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:21 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: autobiograpy, Award Winner, brown girl dreaming, cbr12, jacqueline woodson, Malin, poetry, Young Adult ·
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