Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Veronika Decides to Die By: Paulo Coelho In my opinion, author Paulo Coelho is one of the most impactful, creative, and thoughtful authors currently writing today. Many people are familiar with his story The Alchemist but Coelho has a long history of writing stores...
Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Bear Sees Colors By Karma Wilson and Illustrated by Jane Chapman COLORS, COLORS EVERYWHERE! Bear Sees Colors is the start of a new series featuring the bear from Bear Snores On. Once again, the combination of Karma Wilson’s text and Jane Chapman’s illustrations make...
Mar 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl By: Fannie Flagg If you’re like me, when you enjoy a good book by a particular author, you explore their other writings in hopes of being similarly entertained again. This is the strategy that lead me to Fannie Flagg’s Welcome to the...
Mar 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Fortunately, The Milk By Neil Gaiman The premise of this short story is fairly simple. A mother has just left for a conference, leaving a father in charge of his two children. Immediately they face a dilemma, there is no milk for their breakfast cereal. The...
Mar 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B By: Teresa Toten Adam, or Batman as his friends from his therapy group call him, is a 14 year old dealing with crippling OCD. He also has all the other problems teens face like divorced parents, a little stepbrother and a mother who has...
Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Hurricane Sisters By: Dorothea Benton Frank When you look below the surface, most families have a web of history and relationships that affect the way they interact with each other. This is the case for the Waters family including matriarch, Maisie Pringle. The...
