A Year of Reading

Such an important book. So thankful that Kimberly Brubaker Bradley made this accessible for younger readers. Della and Suki are characters t...

Grandparents' Day is September 8 this year. Here are some picture books, many of which are #ownvoicees, that explore the relationship o...

Over the years, we've written about/reviewed  lots of graphic novels  here at A Year of Reading. When the Cybils were brand new, I chos...

The power of family: You do what's right  even if it wasn't your first choice. Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman illustra...

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."  George R.R. Martin Forev...

Forever, or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter HarperCollins, 2017 review copy provided by the publisher This was a Gene Yang "...

Thanks to Jen and Kellee at TEACH MENTOR TEXTS for hosting IT'S MONDAY! WHAT ARE YOU READING? Flying the Dragon by Natalie...

Kindred Souls by Patricia MacLachlan Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins), 2012 My eyes welled up on page two of this book, and when...

T wo generations, in a time-honored R elay, passing the baton of E xistence -- A ll of the S tuff  which seems U nremarkable, but w...

Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships by Catherine Thimmesh Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011 review copy pr...