5/30/2023 0 Comments Josephine christian robinson![]() ![]() ![]() a fun, enriching, and holistic reading experience."-School Library Journal, starred review sure to capture the imagination."-KidsReads "Powell and Robinson create a biography of a woman whose life and art are inseparable."-Shelf Awareness for Readers, starred review "Truly amazing."-Richie Partington, Richie's Picks And it makes for a gripping tale."-The Denver Post "Author Patricia Hruby Powell casts Josephine Baker's story as a triumph of a strong, determined African-American woman over prejudice and parochialism. "Scrupulously researched, high-spirited celebration of the color-line-crossing dancer."-Los Angeles Times "A picture book that simply will not quit."-Wall Street Journal "Honors the colorful exuberance of both the Jazz era and Baker's life."-Booklist "I opened this picture book and was completely amazed."-ReaderTotz defies convention as boldly as its subject did."- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "This liberally illustrated biography of Josephine Baker captures a remarkable, courageous woman whose life and art were inseparable."-Shelf Awareness A beautiful book."- Helen Frost, author of the Printz Honor-winning Keesha's House "Josephine dances through these pages with such exuberance, she brings light to each dark corner. "Baker's entire life spreads out in this tapestry of words."-Publishers Weekly, starred review "An extraordinary dancer and woman is here celebrated with style and empathy."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review ![]()
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Robert mccloskey blueberries![]() ![]() (Well, Sal picks the blueberries and eats them now. What heaven to be on Blueberry Hill, where Sal and her mother find themselves picking berries to can for the winter. ![]() Who doesn’t love a Maine summer, and who doesn’t revel in the lush taste of ripe blueberries? As the School Library Journal said, the book is full of “all the color and flavor of the sea and pine-covered Maine countryside.” White’s Charlotte’s Web and Sarah Orne Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs. ![]() McCloskey is also the author of Make Way for Ducklings, One Morning in Maine, and six other children’s books.īased on McCloskey’s wife, Margaret, and daughter, Sarah, Blueberries for Sal joins two of my other favorite Maine novels – E. Robert McCloskey’s 1948 classic, Blueberries for Sal, was awarded the Caldecott Honor in 1949. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments Native son richard![]() Too often he has been seen in the light of his political and sociological importance. Voice of a Native Son explores this poetic principle in both published and unpublished works of Wright. ![]() It abided with him and is at the source of his artistic world. ![]() This fascination with this distinctive Afro-American perception is the key to understanding Wright's aesthetic principle. To the end of his life Wright attempted to discover and to express the force between black artistic creation. His fascination with this "something" inspired his "blueprint for Negro writing" and led him to see connections between Gertrude Stein's use of language, the collage tecnique of surrealism, Kenneth Burke's theories of symbol/orientation formation, Wilhelm Reich's orgone theory, Japanese haiku, and the practical application of indigenous Afro-American folk expression. He saw it as a manifestation in his grandmother's religiosity and in the lyrics of the blues and in black folk expressions. Deep in his cultural roots Richard Wright sensed a natural creative force. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments When women were dragons book![]() ![]() She left behind a baby Beatrice, whom Alex’s mother takes in as her own and Alex comes to love as a sister. Alex knows better than to bring up her beloved aunt, one of the many that dragoned. ![]() In the immediate aftermath, speaking of the dragoning becomes forbidden by the government and taboo among society. Over the course of a few short hours, hundreds of thousands of women across the country spontaneously turn into dragons and fly away, leaving behind a wake of destruction and heartbreak. If your book club has picked it up for discussion, then read on for a When Women Were Dragons book club questions and discussion guide! And if you’re looking for guidance on how to run a book club, we’ve got you covered! When Women Were Dragons SummaryĪlex Green is just a child when the mass dragoning of 1955 occurs. This is a perceptive and probing feminist novel about the nature of injustice, subjugation, and rage. Kelly Barnhill is the Newbery Award winning author of many fantasy books for children, but lately she’s branched into the adult market with her adult historical fantasy debut, When Women Were Dragons. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I can't wait to read this author's next book. I highly recommend this book for readers who love inspirational historical romance stories. The book also offers historical insight into the Orphan Train phenomenon that happened during this time-such sadness and tragedy amongst the initial hopes of those involved. The story is not just about hard times survival but it speaks to maturity and growth in understanding those around us and recognizing that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and self-worth comes from within not from our appearance or circumstances around us. There are lots of fun scenes involving tree climbing, frog catching, and unintended mud baths which help to keep the pages turning. ![]() The characters are strong and engaging, with emotions and reactions that resonated well with me. Fordham has done a great job of describing this era and drawing the reader into the scenes and the lives of her characters. I love reading about life in the 'Wild West' of the 1800s-imagining what life was like back then and wondering what I would do in similar circumstances. Not much of it though' and never let go until the very satisfactory ending. This debut novel captured my heart from the very beginning where readers find Em with 'life in her. The Hope of Azure Springs is a charming historical fiction written by Rachel Fordham. ![]() ![]() ![]() He contributed stories in the science fiction, mystery, Western, and action adventure genres to a variety of pulp magazines. He later wrote non-fiction books about writing, including Techniques of the Selling Writer, Film Dwight Vreeland Swain's first published story was "Henry Horn's Super Solvent", which appeared in Fantastic Adventures in 1941. In the 1960s, he scripted a motion picture, Stark Fear, starring Beverly Garland and Keith Toby. ![]() He pioneered scripting documentaries and educational/instructional films using dramatic techniques rather than the previously common talking heads. He joined the staff in the extremely successful Professional Writing Program at the University of Oklahoma training writers of commercial fiction and film. Dwight Vreeland Swain's first published story was "Henry Horn's Super Solvent", which appeared in Fantastic Adventures in 1941. ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The hawthorne legacy book 1![]() ![]() With nonstop action, aspirational jet-setting, family intrigue, swoonworthy romance, and billions of dollars hanging in the balance, The Hawthorne Legacy will thrill Jennifer Lynn Barnes fans and new readers alike. The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, 2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes on Bookclubs, the website for organizing. And there are threats lurking around every corner, as adversaries emerge who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture - by any means necessary. ![]() The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions - including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons.Īs the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Inheritance Games, perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. ![]() Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Inheritance Games ![]() 5/30/2023 0 Comments The magicians grossman![]() ![]() His childhood dream becomes a nightmare with a shocking truth at its heart.Īt once psychologically piercing and magnificently absorbing, The Magicians boldly moves into uncharted literary territory, imagining magic as practiced by real people, with their capricious desires and volatile emotions. ![]() But the land of Quentin's fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he could have imagined. After graduation, he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. Magic doesn't bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he dreamed it would. ![]() ![]() He also discovers all the other things people learn in college: friendship, love, sex, booze, and boredom. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the craft of modern sorcery. A senior in high school, he's still secretly preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A thrilling and original coming-of- age novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world. ![]() ![]() ![]() While the lengthy (for a light novel) chapters aren’t all about fighting - we learn more about this world’s history, meet Sirius’ son, and more - battles are a bigger presence versus the first volume’s proposals-gone-awry or elderly grandparents. ![]() As before, Tinaris’ sections each cover a significant event at ages 8, 10, and 12. Yes, if you were hoping to see more battles and learn about Tinaris’ role is in this world, then volume 2 is going to be more engaging. Volume 2 continues to have both food and alchemy as key plot points, but if the slice-of-life easygoing nature was one of the main reasons you enjoyed the first volume, well, you may be slightly disappointed. ![]() Despite protagonist Tinaris’ penchant for making healing potions, Reincarnated as the Last of my Kind volume 1 was close to a typical lackadaisical food-centered isekai. ![]() 5/29/2023 0 Comments The Singing Stone by O.R. Melling![]() ![]() Into their lives stumbles a young man from New York named Harry, who is in Ireland to ply his trade as a magician, and finds himself at a loose end when the theatre he’s engaged to work at cancels his string of performances without notice. Tina is a seamstress who makes costumes for the stage and Joe is a cab-driver with big plans for his future, and Tina’s. Two young people, Tina and Joe, who have been friends since their earliest days, are hard-scrabbling their way through life using whatever talents they possess. It’s the late nineteenth century in Dublin. It’s a complex story in the hands of a master craftswoman, and it’s utterly absorbing. If this makes it sound like a mess, then forgive my muddled prose, because it most assuredly isn’t. It is, very resolutely, itself, and it sits just outside of definition. It has a bit of everything – mystery, suspense, Gothic horror, the supernatural, science fiction, historical fiction, romance – and yet it’s more than any of this. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m in a muddle as to how to even begin to describe this book. ![]() |