This gentle book will offer encouragement both to young readers to tell their stories, no matter how sad, and to all of us to be better listeners and story friends.
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REVIEW: El Ladrón del Sombrero
This is an absolute gem of a book that readers of all ages will adore. After all, it passed the teenager test. Highly, highly recommend.
Review: The Elephants Come Home (A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship)
In 2021, to talk about a Caucasian couple living in South Africa (the name of the country doesn’t even make it into the book), without any nod to how these folks came to be there (colonialism) is in itself quite a misstep.
Review: Arno and His Horse
This charming book follows Arno as he and his multi-hued group of siblings/cousins/friends (it is not clear), search high and low for Arno’s lost toy horse.
Review: Share Some Kindness Bring Some Light
The book is delightfully quaint, a beautiful story about being brave, showing kindness, the joys of friendship, and the idea that if you are truly kind, you need not buy friendship.
REVIEW: THE HIPS ON THE DRAG QUEEN GO SWISH, SWISH, Swish
A riot of color and movement, this is a catchy read-aloud, much like the original, and it’s easy to see its appeal to kids and fans of all ages.
Review: If Only
The grass isn’t actually greener on the other side of the gate.
Review: Pablo
Rascal has created a simple book that offers more than what a reader sees at face value. Using a sequential process, Rascal takes us through the steps a chick follows to come out of its shell.
Review: A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India
Meandering through crowded, narrow lanes our dark-skinned protagonist narrates the scents and sounds of the market as she contemplates what to get for her mother- the swish of marigold garlands, the scent of jasmine to perfume her mother’s braid, the rickshaw rushing by.