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Author/Illustrator Spotlight

Some Writer! by Melissa Sweet

December 26, 2016 by Amy 1 Comment

On our family’s recent trip to Boston and its environs, high on our short-list of places to visit was The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.  I knew that I wanted to commemorate my visit with a souvenir of a book (or two), and Melissa Sweet’s new book, Some Writer!:  The Life of E.B. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Amherst, Author/Illustrator Spotlight, Best Books, Bpston, Juvenile biography, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books

Fresh Delicious by Irene Latham

May 14, 2016 by Amy Leave a Comment

Alabama poet and author Irene Latham has done it again, and what a delight it is!  Fresh Delicious:  Poems from the Farmer’s Market is her latest poetry collection.  Containing about twenty poems, this collection just smacks of summer.  Each poem celebrates a farmer’s bounty from the perspective of a farmer’s market customer.  Readers can enjoy the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Picture Books Tagged: Author/Illustrator Spotlight, Poetry, poetry tea time

Two by Robert Lawson

April 29, 2016 by Amy Leave a Comment

Last month I started reading Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson for the 1940s Newbery Through the Decades challenge, and I’m embarrassed to say how long it took me to read it.  Difficulty or boredom weren’t the culprits; lack of time, commitment, and organization were–just when I’d reach for it, I’d realize I’d left it somewhere: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Author/Illustrator Spotlight, juvenile biographies, Juvenile Fiction, Newbery Award, Newbery Through the Decades, Young Adult Fiction

Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz

July 20, 2015 by Amy Leave a Comment

Homesick:  My Own Story is the fictionalized account of a window of Jean Fritz’s childhood.  It covers a couple of years of her life, though she explains in the preface that the events are drawn from her entire life (which partially explains the fictionalized part).  Her father was a director for the YMCA in Hankow, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books Tagged: Author/Illustrator Spotlight, Juvenile biography, Juvenile Fiction, Newbery Award, Newbery Honor, Newbery Through the Decades

Spotlight on Rosalyn Schanzer

April 9, 2015 by Amy 1 Comment

I have a new-to-me author/illustrator to share today, which is something I haven’t done in a while.  I discovered Rosalyn Schanzer quite by accident as I was window shopping on Amazon for some books for my girls’ U.S. History studies.  Buying picture books and novels about U.S. History has become a minor hobby of mine, so … [Read more…]

Posted in: Books, Education, Picture Books Tagged: Author/Illustrator Spotlight, Juvenile Nonfiction, Picture Books, U.S. History
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer


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