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Happy Book Birthday Reem Faruqi!

June 13, 2023 ♦

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Middle Grade author Reem Faruqi’s newest novel in verse is out in the world today! Make sure you put this book on your TBR and read it soon! For fans of Planet Omar and The Ethan I Was Before, award-winning Pakistani author Reem Faruqi of Unsettled delivers a middle grade novel in verse about table tennis…

Day 14 Picture Book Frenzy: Whistling for Angela by Robin Heald and Peggy Collins

July 13, 2022 ♦

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Whistling for Angela by Robin Heald My rating: 5 of 5 stars A beautiful adoption story showing an experience of a young boy meeting his new sister and also having a chance to meet the birth mother. His wish to whistle for her to feel safe is truly sweet and…

Everywhere Blue by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

June 5, 2021 ♦

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Everywhere Blue by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz My rating: 5 of 5 stars Thank you Holiday House, Edelweiss, and Joanne Rossmassler Fritz for sharing this book with me for a review! I chose this book for two reasons-I kept hearing about it on Twitter and it’s a book in verse. This…

First Glance: The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser

March 15, 2018 ♦

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First Glance The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser It is spring break-a wonderful week that is always filled with reading, no matter what my plans are. This is one of the books I have heard so many good things about from other teachers and librarians. So, I…

REVIEW: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

December 27, 2016 ♦

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Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Published 2014 Jacqueline Woodson, one of today’s finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. 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…

REVIEW: The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

December 16, 2016 ♦

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The War That Saved My Life by Kimbert Brubaker Bradley Published January 2015 A Wall Street Journal’s Best Children’s Book of 2015 An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson’s Sons and for fans of Number the Stars.…