Shapes

Books:  “Shape by Shape” by Suse McDonald  “Shape Capers” by Cathryn Falwell  “Shape Space” by Cathryn Falwell Click Here to Order these Books on the […]

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The book that is you

We need books!  We need stories and voices that say the same things that we hear in our heads; we need to know there are […]

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Howl’s Moving Castle

The buzz of Harry Potter is so huge, at least in my head, that I haven’t been able to put the books down.  I reread […]

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Book Discussion Series: Bud, Not Buddy

Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father — the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.

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Schooled by Gordon Korman

Meet peaceful, patient Capricorn Anderson, a dyed-in-the-wool hippie who has grown up on the Garland Commune for all of his 13 years with his grandmother […]

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The Underneath

Kathi Appelt is a first time novelist, but you wouldn’t know it.  Her Newbery honor winner The Underneath reminds me of someone telling a folk […]

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Things Not Seen

What would you do if you woke up one morning and discovered that you had become invisible? This is what happens to 15-year old Bobby […]

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