It all started with an overheard conversation. No, really - Native American "code talkers" were developed in WWI when a group of Choctaw men were overheard talking in their native tongue. The Choctaw Nation had been forced to learn English, but Americans had sparsely learned their language or that of the many other Native Languages … Continue reading Navajo Code Talkers’ Day
Ashlyn Greer has always known she’s different than most people…she can feel emotions through books, and not just by reading them. Ashlyn can touch a text and become connected to the person who last held the book. She knows it will make her sound crazy if she tells anyone, but she is drawn to book, … Continue reading The Echo of Old Books
My favorite places in the world are libraries and bookstores. The adventures and ideas that surround you on those pages is just amazing to me! When I was little, I always wanted to be Belle in Beast's library - reading for days and days and still nor running out of new books! My all-time favorite … Continue reading This Week: August 11th
I first heard Cassandra Good’s name earlier last year as she released First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America, exploring the first American president’s family. That was just the latest of Good’s accomplishments in the field of American History though – she’s taught at several renown universities (currently Marymount University), released articles … Continue reading America’s Founding Women
The Big Apple has always been a refugee’s safe haven and a melting pot of cultures. The 1920’s saw the city full of immigrants from Eastern Europe, the ongoing Harlem Renaissance, and the white upper-class – all bringing their own culture, bias, and fears with them. What should have been an opportunity to learn from … Continue reading Ragtime
The summer break seems shorter and shorter every year! Kids where we are will be going back to school in the next 2 week - when do yours go back? With the yellow busses and backpacks full of papers becoming routine again, I thought it would be fitting for Back to School to be our … Continue reading August Theme: Back to School
If you met Jenny Lawson at the grocery store, you’d think she’s just another mom trying to keep her family in motion. What you might not notice is the battle going on inside her. According to her biography on Wikipedia and what she’s shared in her writing, Lawson lives with “rheumatoidarthritis, depression, anxiety, avoidant personality … Continue reading Furiously Happy
As we enter the back-to-school season, I've been thinking a lot about my favorite school librarians and the books they introduced me to. So many of them had animals on the cover and so do so many of my favorite books of the past few years! Do you have a favorite book with an animal … Continue reading This Week: August 4th
Thank you NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Dutton for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Where would you go if you could have the chance for a new beginning? A place where whatever sins were in your past didn’t make people cringe or look at you with pity when they see … Continue reading A Season of Perfect Happiness
Night at the Fiestas is Kirstin Valdez Quade’s masterpiece of a short story collection. Each chapter in the book visits a different family in the New Mexico desert and showcases their family ties and traditions. These stories are full of reckoning for sins of the past and hope for the future. This is a book … Continue reading Night at the Fiestas
