Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books | 978-1534454873 FLY, a stunning debut by Brittany Thurman, illustrated by Anna Cunha, is a joyous celebration of a young girl’s determination to show the world what she’s made of. When she learns about a double dutch competition, Africa announces, “I’m going to jump, fly, double dutch to the sky.” The… Read more »
Caitlyn Dlouhy/Atheneum Books | 978-1534431393 “Hop in,” someone shouted. “Get out of the sun! There’s plenty of room for EVERYONE!” Inspired by the author, Naaz Khan‘s “… own fantastically fun… ride from Stone Town to Nungwi Beach, in Zanzibar,” ROOM FOR EVERYONE is a rollicking, rhyming, cumulative counting story. When Musa first boards the daladala,… Read more »
Orchard Books | 978-1338305890 According to the UN Refugee Agency, at the end of 2020, “82.4 million people around the world were forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order. Among them are nearly 26.4 million refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18.”… Read more »
Who doesn’t want to read a good book about buried treasure? This marvelous picture book, CREEK FINDING: A TRUE STORY, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Claudia McGehee is about a different kind of treasure. Not gold. Not jewels. This treasure is a disappeared creek. How can a creek disappear? Even more mysterious, how… Read more »
FEATHERS FOR PEACOCK Friendship and caring is the heart of this picture book, FEATHERS FOR PEACOCK. Jacqueline Jules has created a pourquois tale in the engaging folklore style of “ long ago, when the world was new, Peacock did not have the beautiful feathers he has now. Peacock was naked.” All the birds were naked!… Read more »
Here is a WOW picture story book and so timely: STRANGE FRUIT, BILLIE HOLIDAY AND THE POWER OF A PROTEST SONG a book for all ages written by Gary Golio and illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb. What a woman, Billie Holiday. And now, what a book about Billie and the song she dared to sing about… Read more »
What is loyalty? When you are someone’s friend, what does it mean to be a true and LOYAL friend? THE ROCK MAIDEN, a Chinese Tale of Love and Loyalty, shows us the power of true love and loyalty. In this re-telling of the legend about Amah Rock – a fifty-foot granite formation found in the Sha… Read more »
