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Happy Holiday Wishes to All Our Readers
_ --> An especially beautiful book with ancient words retold by Katherine Paterson – BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON, Canticle of the Creatures Katherine Paterson and illustrated by Pamela Dalton...
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A General’s Life After War: Review of The Compassionate Warrior
A growing body of literature for middle grade and teen readers explores the lives of child soldiers, young refugees, and other survivors of war. In the past, however, biographies of those who sent...
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Finding peace with Grandfather Gandhi
Grandfather Gandhi (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus $17.99 Writer Bethany Hegedus teamed up with Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Arun, to create this masterful biography...
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Anna Was Here, asking the hard questions of life
Anna Was Here by Jane Kurtz I recently read Anna Was Here by Jane Kurtz. Anna is the young daughter of a minister, growing up in Colorado, when her father decides to move his family to Kansas in order...
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Loss, survival, and hard-won truths in Pandemic by Yvonne Ventresca
Pandemic by Yvonne Ventresca Apocalyptic scenarios are favorites for teens. Many times, the apocalyptic scenarios take us severely out of the world of reality and into a fantastical world of...
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Mahavira: The Hero of Nonviolence
Secular parents interested in enlightening their young readers (the book is aimed at children age 4 to 8, though it’s somewhat text-heavy, and high concept) about world religions may like this...
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NEVER SAY A MEAN WORD AGAIN !!
NEVER SAY A MEAN WORD AGAIN, A TALE FROM MEDIEVAL SPAIN Written by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Durga Yael Bernhard What could be more universal than name-calling and fighting – between children...
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A Cat’s View of Palestine: Deborah Ellis does it again
The Cat at the Wall by Deborah Ellis You know, if somebody just told me the premise of this book (“American girl dies suddenly and finds herself reincarnated, with all her memories intact, as a cat...
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Celebration of Books, New & Old
This month, Black History Month, we celebrate books by and about African- Americans, old and young, who have been leaders, artists, musicians, teachers, activists, and courageous citizens. Last month...
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Peace, Bugs, and Understanding by Gail Silver and Youme Nguyen Ly
I have to admit a religious bias here (words that I can barely imagine ever writing) but I heard a very liberal minister give a series of sermons a few years ago about just this Buddhist strategy for...
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The 2015 Skipping Stones Honor Awards
For 27 years the non-profit multicultural children’s magazine Skipping Stones has offered young readers a journey around the world without their ever having to board an airplane. Founded in 1988 by...
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J. L. Power’s AMINA named 2016 USBBY Outstanding International Book
AMINA, (Through My Eyes series), published in Australia, a story set in Somalia, has been recognized by USBBY – United States Board on Books for Young People – as one of the top international books for...
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THE SEAGOING COWBOY, and a surprise link to Heifer International
World War II had just ended. Families in Europe were starving. Many were homeless. Farmers had lost their livestock, their fields, even the seeds needed to replant. THE SEAGOING COWBOY describes in...
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THE WORLD IN A SECOND
Take one second, just one, and imagine all the events happening to all the many people living in all the different countries around the world. In this award-winning picture book, each double-page...
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Kathleen Burkinshaw and Joyce Moyer Hostetter Talk About #MGGetsReal
Thank you Pirate Tree for inviting us to your blog. Kathleen Burkinshaw: Joyce Moyer Hostetter and I are part of a marketing effort with three other middle grade authors. We are #MGGetsReal and our...
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STAND UP and SING! Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice
STAND UP and SING! Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice Written by Susanna Reich, Illustrated by Adam Gustavson Foreword by Peter Yarrow “If you despair, what happens to the many, many...
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