Last year I did a week long biography blitz which was a favorite for readers and also immensely enjoyable to research and write. This year I’ve collected some more brilliant picture book biographies into two posts. Today — meet 7 …
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journeys far and near…gorgeous nonfiction that takes us new places
Open these books… …and head out on a journey. Maybe around the world. Maybe into outer space. Maybe into a cathedral. Five journeys full of wonder and fascination — for all ages — today! Chicken Talk Around the World, written …
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a fiesta of fine folks
Today’s post is the last of my biography bonanza. I hope you’ve found lots of interesting options to add sparkle your reading stacks and enrich your lives. If you’ve missed the earlier posts, you’ll find them here, here, here, and …
a parade of people!
Welcome to this week’s parade of people. Besides the outstanding folks we’re meeting today, you can find earlier installments of weekly biographies here and here. Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars written by Gary Golio, …
the biography bonanza continues!
Today’s is the second post of my weekly biography blitz. Be sure to catch up with the amazing people we met last week as well as mingling with today’s crew. Mornings with Monet, written by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Mary …
so much persistence!…great reads for women’s history month
Today I’ve got my second batch of books in honor of Women’s History Month. These selections survey a globe-ful of capable women who are simply a tremendous pleasure to meet! A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of …
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the persecuted Uyghur, art, and female empowerment…read your world
The Uyghur people, a predominantly Muslim people located in far northwestern China, have been spotlighted internationally in recent years due to their persecution by the Chinese government. In addition to repressive police surveillance, more than a million Uyghurs have been …
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the bird in me flies…a stunning portrait of an artist
The Bird in Me Flies, written and illustrated by Sara Lundberg, translated by B.J. Epstein first published in Sweden in 2017; English edition 2020 by Groundwood Books 120 pages This ravishingly beautiful, fictionalized biography of Swedish artist Berta Hansson has …
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five lovely things…may 3
May greetings to you all! Green is spilling forth in my neighborhood! What about yours? Grass; new baby leaves; a forest of slender spears that one day will blossom with lily-of-the-valley. Jubilant, hopeful, spring green. Here are five more lovely …
five lovely things…april 26
Greetings from Minnesota to all of you Orange Marmalade friends! This past week has been one of greening up here! Still just shy glimpses of leaves budding on our trees, but frogs madly chorusing, turtles sun-basking, eager shoots pushing up …
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