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Book Review: My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters By Sydney Salter

Welcome to the summer of passion. For seventeen-year-old Jory Michaels, that means three sun-and-fun filled months of spending time with her best friends, obsessing over her crush, trying to find something she is passionate about, and…saving for a nose job. Jory is determined to lose the big, honking, bumpy monstrosity she calls the Super Schnozz-the [...]

Book Review – Hope for Haiti By Jesse Joshua Watson

Hope for Haiti is a beautiful book that kids and parents, grandparents can enjoy, but one that also generates focus on the continued support of Haiti, and through the sales of the book, Penguin is giving a generous donation to Save the Children in Haiti. In addition to that, through WeGiveBooks.org, people can read free [...]

Book Review: Nubs, The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle

Nubs, an Iraqi dog of war who had no name and no person to call his own, sets out on an incredible journey to rejoin his only friend, Major Brian Dennis, and shows the world that love has the power to cross deserts, continents and even species.

“Incredible! . . . Nubs is a very [...]

Book Review: Winnie’s War By Jenny Moss

The best in children’s literature, selected by Jim Whiting.

Jenny Moss

Jenny Moss is a former NASA engineer. She earned a master’s degree in literature and taught writing as an adjunct at University of Houston-Clear Lake. Winnie’s War is her first novel. She lives with her two teenagers in Houston, Texas.

A debut novel set [...]

Book Review: Going For The Record by Julie Swanson

The best in children’s literature, selected by Jim Whiting.

Julie Swanson Julie A. Swanson grew up in northern Michigan, the setting for Going for the Record. She currently lives with her family in Charlottesville, Virginia. This is her first published novel.

This book has been enjoyed by both boys and girls, athletic and not. Because [...]

Book Review: Me With You by Kristy Dempsey

KRISTY DEMPSEY:

ME WITH YOU is the perfect book to remind grandparents and grandchildren how unique they are individually and as a pair.

We’re a pair beyond compare,

a rare and special two,

in all the ways that I am me

and you’re completely you.

A lyrical and beautiful book in the tradition [...]

Book Review – Seaglass Summer by Anjali Banerjee

Eleven-year-old Poppy Ray longs to be a veterinarian, but she’s never had a pet. This summer, she’s going to spend a month with her uncle Sanjay, veterinarian and owner of the Furry Friends Animal Clinic on an island off the Washington coast.

Poppy is in for big surprises. She loves tending to the dogs, cats, [...]