Title: On Tide Mill Lane Author: Melissa Wiley Series: Little House: The Charlotte Years, Book 2 Publisher: HarperTrophy Paperback: 258 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads): Buy from the Book Depository Boston’s Little House Girl: Meet Charlotte Tucker, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder’s grandmother. Winter… Continue reading Book Review: On Tide Mill Lane by Melissa Wiley
Title: Skylark Author: Patricia MacLachlan Series: Sarah, Plain and Tall Book 2 Publisher: HarperTrophy Paperback: 98 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads): Buy from the Book Depository My mother, Sarah, doesn’t love the prairie. She tries, but she can’t help remembering what she knew first. Sarah came to the prairie from Maine… Continue reading Book Review: Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
Title: The BFG Author: Roald Dahl Illustrator: Quentin Blake Publisher: Puffin Books Paperback: 199 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads): Buy from the Book Depository Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It’s lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been… Continue reading Book Review: The BFG by Roald Dahl
Title: Year of the Jungle Author: Suzanne Collins Illustrator: James Proimos Publisher: Scholastic Press Hardcover: 40 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository Suzy spends her year in first grade waiting for her father, who is serving in Vietnam, and when the postcards stop coming she worries that he will never make it… Continue reading Picture Book Review: Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins
Title: She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World Author: Chelsea Clinton Illustrator: Alexandra Boiger Publisher: Philomel Books Hardcover: 32 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository Throughout American history, there have always been women who have spoken out for what’s right, even when they have to… Continue reading Book Review: She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton
Title: The Princess in Black Authors: Shannon Hale and Dean Hale Illustrator: LeUyen Pham Series: The Princess in Black, Book 1 Publisher: Candlewick Press Hardcover: 90 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when . . .… Continue reading Book Review: The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
Title: What Does It Mean to Be American? Authors: Rana DiOrio, Elad Yoran, Nina Mata Publisher: Little Pickle Press Hardcover: 40 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository What does it mean to be American? Does it mean you like apple pie or fireworks? Not exactly. While politics seem to divide our… Continue reading Picture Book Review: What Does It Mean to Be American?
Title: Emmi in the CityAuthor: Salima AlikhanPublisher: Stone Arch BooksPaperback: 112 pagesSource: NetGalleySummary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository Although Emmi has lived in Chicago for two years, she finds it hard to love her adopted city. As a German immigrant n the early 1870s, she’s often teased by her America-born peers. But when the Great Fire… Continue reading Book Review: Emmi in the City by Salima Alikhan
Title: The Stuff of Stars Author: Marion Dane Bauer Illustrator: Ekua Holmes Publisher: Candlewick Press Hardcover: 40 pages Source: LibraryThing Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from the Book Depository In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate the birth of every child. Before the universe was formed,… Continue reading Picture Book Review: The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer and Ekua Holmes
Title: Little House by Boston Bay Author: Melissa Wiley Series: The Charlotte Years, Book 1 Publisher: HarperCollins Paperback: 195 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository It’s 1814 and Charlotte lives just outside the city of Boston. She always has something to look forward to—tending Mama’s garden, visiting Papa’s blacksmith shop, and embarking on… Continue reading Book Review: Little House by Boston Bay by Melissa Wiley
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