Books that Came My Way in August 2021
Check out all the new books added to my shelves in August 2021 including fiction, nonfiction, and children's books.
Read More Nonfiction November 2019 – Book Pairings #NonficNov
As part of #NonficNov, I'm sharing nonfiction and fiction books that pair well together.
Read More Children’s Book Review: Towers Falling By Jewell Parker Rhodes
TOWERS FALLING By: Jewell Parker Rhodes Published: July 12, 2016 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Fiction/Junior Fiction Several years ago, I read Jewell Parker Rhodes book on Hurricane Katrina. It too was written for middle-grade readers as a way to understand what happened during the disaster in New Orleans. NINTH WARD focused on…
Read More Review: Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orlean’s Ninth Ward. She doesn’t have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like other kids on her street. But what she does have is Mama Ya-Ya, her fiercely loving caretaker, wise in the ways of the world and able to predict…
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