I loved this one too. Blended families are more and more common, and this story address the topic beautifully. I love Cooper's illustrations. The kids are so full of life.

A quiet story about a Native grandmother and grandchild talking about the grandmother's experience in boarding school where the teachers tried to wipe out their culture. An important part of our history to remember.

I love this book. Reading it reminded me of reading Shel Silverstein for the first time. Hilarious.

Not as good as Dumplin, but still very good. I did like this book's examination of poverty and sexual identity. I can think of specific people to recommend it to.

This was okay. I felt a lot for Harvey and wanted him to run far far away from the main girl (whose name I am forgetting.) The plots structure is a little complicated since it jumps back and forth in time.

Honestly, I didn't really get into it until the end. Maybe I just didn't get the storm thing or maybe I didn't really get why Cassius was bad at first. So this was okay to me, but I am not feeling the urge to read more.

I had been putting this off because I wasn't sure I wanted to read a book about Virginia Lee Burton. However, I ended up really enjoying this one. The pictures are better than the text, in my opinion. However, I think the text in the book will be more appealing to kids. I am not sure they will always want lots of facts about the life of the character. It does seem to center men a bit in a story about a woman. I am clearly conflicted. The pictures are just great though. You can feel the movement.

An ABC book with a story. It also has few words, which makes it nice for beginning readers. I don't know that I love it as much as the review journals, but it is pretty good.

I loved Neighborhood Sharks and How to Be an Elephant is just as good. I love the illustrations and Roy's text is informative and fun. Excellent.

The illustration where the sun is shining on the water? That picture is stunning. So gorgeous. I felt blinded. I love the contrast between his day and his father's, and think a lot of industry towns can relate.