Over the last few months I’ve read a few new or new-ish pieces of children’s fiction that I’ve mightily enjoyed. I’m passing them along to you today in the hopes that if you’re in need of something fresh book-wise, you …
Tag: South Africa

Tour the World — Destination: Central and South Africa
Today our tour hovers in the central region of Africa and journeys all the way to its southernmost tip. Let’s begin in… Chad Rain School, written and illustrated by James Rumford published in 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children …
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flashlights and moon jumping…five books aglow with darkness
Flashlight, a wordless book by Lizi Boyd published in 2014 by Scholastic Books The unbroken darkness of a forest. A small boy camping out in a tent. Velvet, black, hush. Then… CLICK! His flashlight beams out an apron of light. …
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