My favorite short story anthology in a long long time. Maybe it's all the references to big trees and Florida wildlife muggy weather and mosquitoes or maybe her strong narrative voice hits me just right.

I'm a huge supporter of adults reading children's books. Rest your brain and enjoy all the beautiful art.

Even though my goal last year was to focus on BIPOC and international authors, I realized that I had a severe lack of indigenous authors.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Part memoir, part social commentary, part historical and wholly a call to action. Alicia Elliot has a remarkable voice and a way with words.