In Kate DiCamillo’s 2016 book entitled Raymie Nightingale, we were introduced to Louisiana Elephante. She’s a sweet girl, with a beautiful singing voice and trapeze artist parents! In 2018 we get the pleasure of an entire book revolving around her in Louisiana’s Way Home. It can be read as a standalone, but I really enjoyed reading it as…
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The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection edited by Colby Sharp
The Creativity Project, edited by Colby Sharp, is a written and visual collaboration of innovative ideas using words, art, poetry and stories from various professionals about how writers and illustrators think,explore, and their ideas evolve to a completed work. Each short segmented chapter initiates the process by submitting a conceptual prompt and then another resourceful contributor submits their idea…
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
Award-winning author and illustrator Grace Lin’s newest picture book is a delicious way to learn about the phases of the moon. Mama makes a mooncake but instructs Little Star not to touch it until Mama tells her to. Little Star remembers for a while… but then she falls asleep, and when she wakes up in…
The Manic Panic by Richa Jha
When the internet breaks, what do you do? You can't watch TV or play video games or stare at your phone...this is what happens for one family, and the parents are freaking out. It turns out to be their daughter who saves the day, with the help of an amused grandma, forcing her parents to…
Beauty and the Beak: How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued A Bald Eagle by Deborah Lee Rose
Beauty is an amazing bald eagle and was born in the wild. She learned to fly, hunt and use her beak to break up food, and live on her own. However, one day that all changed when she was hurt by a bullet. It took most of her upper beak and hurt her face as…
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
No one can know the difference that is made by making one choice instead of another. Rarely, though, do our decisions mean the difference between life and death. It did for Ken. It was 1940 and WW II was at its peak. Britain prepared for the invasion they were expecting from Hitler and his armies.…
How to Feed Your Parents by Ryan Miller
Matilda Macaroni’s food fussy parents will only eat six things that are either take-out, frozen, or prepackaged. After tasting Grandma Macaroni’s jambalaya, Matilda is willing to sample sushi and pork paprikash. Matilda’s newly opened palate will no longer allow her to eat only nuggets and noodles at home. With the help of grandma, she begins…
Paul Writes a Letter by Chris Raschka
In Paul Writes a Letter, Raschka gives us a lovely introduction to St. Paul and his epistles. Paul was a faithful and educated man who in the middle of his life began to believe in the story and teaching of Jesus. He traveled all throughout the Roman Empire to speak of his new way of thinking. While he…
The Boo Boos that Changed the World by Barry Wittensteen
Earle married his beloved wife Josephine who happened to be quite accident-prone…especially in the kitchen. Whether it was slicing onions, grating cheese, or lifting hot pots off the stove, Josephine was constantly grabbing towels to stop the bleeding. But you can’t cook with a towel wrapped around your hand! Leave it to her husband to…
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
Caleb and his brother Bobby Gene are having an average summer, playing in the woods behind their house, when they accidentally trade their baby sister for a bag of illegal fireworks. Shortly after, they meet Styx Malone, a 16 year old boy. He offers to help them get something better for the fireworks, but it…
