A Newberry Honor book I read this book after first finding and reading its sequel, A Year Down Yonder. This is a great family read-aloud, or car-trip audio. Joey and his sister Mary Alice spend a week every summer visiting their Grandma Dowdel. Why the parents never...

This is a non-fiction book about one of Baseball's best players. Satchel Paige played during a time of racial segregation in our nation's favorite pastime. Satchel overcame a difficult childhood to become famous among black fans. Satchel Paige was overlooked by...

Wow did March fly or what? We had a busy month, which included Holly moving into our mom's basement with her family while they are between houses. Cari going to Disneyland with her family and did she tell you she forgot her suitcase on the family room couch, but never...

Maw Books Blog! My good friend Natasha Maw is doing a fantastic book giveaway of an autographed copy of Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson! I have already done two posts on Laurie's new book, so you know three's a charm right. Natasha and I carpooled together and...

In 1927, Anne Hobbs is an amazing teacher who, after teaching in the western frontier town of Forest Grove, Oregon (where I lived once upon a time), decides to teach in the Alaskan wilderness. The journey to the gold-mining settlement of Chicken is grueling and...

A book review of Girls Hold Up This World by Jada Pinkett Smith, photographs by Donyell Kennedy-McCullough. A poem about the strength and beauty of girls.

A book review of Narwhal:Unicorn of the Sea by Janet Halfmann, Illustrated by Steven James Petruccio. A young Narwhal’s life is chronicled for one year includes a mix of science facts and story telling techniques.

Mary Jane was one of many ground-breaking books written by Dorothy Sterling. It chronicles, in novel form, the challenges that faced brave children who chose to be pioneers in the integration of southern schools.