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My name is long as a river

MY NAME IS LONG AS A RIVER written by Suma Subramaniam and illustrated by Tara Anand

Suma Subramaniam’s MY NAME IS LONG AS A RIVER has a heroine who’d rather be...
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Untangling: Pre-Breakthrough Syndrome (Chapter 54)

The peace and comfort I found when I visited my mother at Clarebridge faded. For months...
I would love you still

I WOULD LOVE YOU STILL written by Adrea Theodore and illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max

Adrea Theodore's I WOULD LOVE YOU STILL has reassurance aplenty, not just in the message,...
How do I draw these memories

HOW DO I DRAW THESE MEMORIES? AN ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR, written and illustrated by Jonell Joshua

Jonell Joshua’s HOW DO I DRAW THESE MEMORIES? AN ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR is a collage that...
Mamas and Babies

MAMAS AND BABIES written and illustrated by Christie Matheson

Writer-illustrator Christie Matheson’s MAMAS AND BABIES is the kind of nonfiction that has a playfulness...
Small Things Mended

SMALL THINGS MENDED written by Casey Robinson and illustrated by Nancy Whitesides

Casey Robinson creates a convincing older hero in Cecil in her picture book SMALL THINGS...
Colton Gentry

COLTON GENTRY’S THIRD ACT, written by Jeff Zentner and read by Charlie Thurston

I read Jeff Zentners COLTON GENTRY'S THIRD ACT in November, then because I wanted more...
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Untangling: Word Play (Chapter 53)

My mother and I had always shared a love of words. Regardless of dementia robbing...
Two Together

TWO TOGETHER written and illustrated by Brendan Wenzel

Writer-illustrator Brendan Wenzel uses few words, vibrant illustrations, rhymes and rhythms in a read-aloud story...
Backyard Bird Chronicles

THE BACKYARD BIRD CHRONICLES, written and read by Amy Tan

Amy Tan's reading of her memoir is filled with all the wit and admiration one...