Today, in the category of Books That Surprised Me, allow me to introduce: Hope in the Holler, by Lisa Lewis Tyre published in 2018 by Nancy Paulsen Books 209 pages This book had to sneak up on me in order …
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These two terrific books acquaint us with two unusual talents: In Mary’s Garden, by Tina and Carson Kügler published in 2015 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt First — Mary Nohl, a multi-talented artist from Wisconsin who gradually transformed her Lake Michigan …
a list of…five books to consider for Easter celebrations
I’ve posted a few Easter titles in past years which you can locate at these links — both religious and egg-y titles. I don’t find many Easter-themed books compelling, honestly, but I have gathered five more, ranging from religious to …
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fiction favorites…Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?…from the orange marmalade archives
originally published June 4, 2010 Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie?, by Rebecca Caudill, illustrated by Nancy Grossman “At school, Charley, you don’t wash your hands in a washpan,” explained Mary. “There’s a big white bowl fastened to the …
a list of…five books saluting sensational librarians!
When I was a kid, I went to the library in my small, northern-Minnesota town… quite a lot. I would walk down the broad, granite steps to the basement — the children’s library — and there, sitting at her wooden …
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