Finally by Wendy Mass Published March 2010 by Scholastic Press. Review copy provided by publisher. Rory has been waiting years to turn 12. Every time her mother tells her she’s not old enough it’s followed by “when you’re 12″ and then Rory adds it to her “12″ list. Several of the things on the list [...]
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown A wild story about a librarian, Molly McGrew who takes a wrong turn into the zoo while driving her bookmobile. Molly reads a Dr. Seuss book for all of the animals and then they are excited about reading! All of the animals come to love [...]
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco A wonderful picture book about family and connecting generations. The story follows a family through four generations as they come to America from Russia and make the quilt as a way to remember family in the old country. The quilt is part of important events in their lives – [...]
Lately I’ve been experiencing something I haven’t experienced for a long time. I think I’m suffering from reading burnout. My motivation to read anything is next to nil except for parts of gardening books and skimming through books that look interesting. It’s been almost three weeks that I’ve been experiencing this but I hope to [...]
