It’s Like This, Cat
by Emily Cheney Neville
Age: 8+
Interests: adolescence, cats, city life, New York
It’s Like This, Cat
13 Jun 2017 1 Comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: adolescence, cats, city life, New York, pets
The Other Side of Truth
07 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, Uncategorized Tags: Africa, history, immigration, politics, racism, refugees, violence
The Other Side of Truth
by Beverley Naidoo
Age: 10+
Interests: current events, politics, refugees, Africa, immigration, violence, history, racism
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
29 May 2017 Leave a comment
in books 7+, Classics, Uncategorized Tags: adventure, animals, boats, travel
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
Ages: 7 +
Interests: animals, travel, fantasy, boats, adventure
I, Juan de Pareja
26 May 2017 Leave a comment
in books 11+ Tags: art, art history, artists, biography, history, painting, racism, slavery, Spain
I, Juan de Pareja
by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
Age: 11+
Interests: history, art history, painting, Spain, biography, slavery, racism More
Rear Window (1954)
16 May 2017 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 11+, Old Movies, Uncategorized Tags: city life, crime, fashion, mystery, New York, violence
Rear Window
colour, thriller/mystery
released: 1954
rated: PG – “for Some Mild Sensuality and Thematic Elements”
length: 1 hr, 52 min
age: 11 +
interests: mystery, crime, murder, suspense More
Dead End in Norvelt
26 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, crime, history, mystery, small town life, social justice, violence, writers
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
Ages: 10 +
Interests: small town life, mystery, writing, history, American history, social justice, politics, crime, violence
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
17 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+, Uncategorized Tags: insects, nature, poetry, theatre
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
by Paul Fleischman
illustrated by Eric Beddows
Ages: 8 +
Interests: insects, poetry, performance, nature
Last Stop on Market Street
12 Apr 2017 1 Comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: buses, city life, diversity, grandparents, gratitude, helping others, poverty, tolerance
Last Stop on Market Street
words by Matt de la Peña
illustrations by Christian Robinson
Ages: 3+
Interests: grandparents, city life, buses, tolerance, helping others, poverty, gratitude
Bud, Not Buddy
07 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, Great Depression, history, jazz, music, orphans, racism
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Age: 9+
Interests: history, American history, music, jazz, the Great Depression, racism, orphans More
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
26 Feb 2017 Leave a comment
in books 11+, Uncategorized Tags: American history, civil rights, family, farming, Great Depression, history, poverty, racism, violence
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
Age: 11+
Interests: history, American history, racism, civil rights, the Great Depression, family
Rarest Kind of Best 