Illustrated by Luisa Uribe 3 stars A sweet story about the music and song behind every name. After the first day of school, a little girl refuses to go back. No one can say her name, including her teacher. As they walk home, her mother shows her the song in every name and that she…
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5 stars A fantastic book about book bans and using your voice to speak up for what you believe in. “It wasn’t just good books that shouldn’t be hidden away. It was all books. Any books. It didn’t matter what they were about, or whether I liked them, or Mrs. Spencer liked them, or the…
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5 stars A beautiful story of a child whose fear keeps her from connecting with others after moving to a new country. This is such a great metaphor for fear. At the beginning, the girl sees her Fear as a friend who keeps her safe, but after big changes, Fear becomes too overprotective, preventing her…
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by James Rallison 4 stars A collection of humorous tales about growing up and figuring out life. From sibling dynamics to science fairs, pet problems to the woes of job hunting, the collection offers hilarious stories with tongue in cheek advice. This was a fun read. I enjoyed the mix of comics and prose. I’ll…
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Illustrated by Yaroslava Apollonova 5 stars An absolutely brilliant book that normalizes different types of learning and promotes understanding and accommodations based on individuals’ learning needs. Such a wonderful book. I loved the soothing tone and the representation of different ways to learn. Great focus on voicing your needs and finding ways to learn and…
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Illustrated by Diana Vicedo Translated by Rosie Eyre 3 stars Simple and sweet. Claudia and her parents have just moved to Unicornia. Before now, Claudia didn’t even know unicorns were real, and now she’s living in a world of flying buses, a magical school, and more unicorns than she can count. She’s living the dream….
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Illustrated by Tara Anand 5 stars Fantastically written. Shreya loves painting. She feels special when her art teacher praises her work. Mr. Rao even asks Shreya to come to the art room for him to paint her. But then something happens. Shreya feels different. She doesn’t want to be praised anymore. She doesn’t want to…
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Illustrated by Chris Case 5 stars A sweet story about being yourself. Jacob enjoys wearing the dress from the dress-up corner at school and the way his Halloween witch costume swirls around him. Now he wants to wear a real dress to school. His classmate tells him that boys don’t wear dresses and his parents…
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Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant 3 stars A touching story about Morris Micklewhite, whose favorite part of school is the dress-up center and the swish, swish, swish of the tangerine dress the color of his mother’s hair. Morris is bullied for wearing the dress by his classmates and told that “boys don’t wear dresses”. But Morris…
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5 stars A powerful story depicting a child’s-eye view of racism is the 1930s. Narrated by Cassie, the book follows the Logan family as they fight for survival in Depression-era Mississippi. Join Cassie as she goes to school, helps with the household, and deals with her annoying siblings. But as Cassie gets older, there are…
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