Month: September 2024

THE LAST TIGER by Julia and Brad Riew, read by Julia Riew, Joshua Hyunho Lee and others
Julia and Brad Riew were inspired to THE LAST TIGER because of their grandparents’ forbidden...

DINOSAUR MUNCH! THE DIPLODICUS by Peter Curtis and Jeanne Willis
My grandson fell in love this year with the dino classic DINOSAUR ROAR by Paul...

AGGIE AND THE GHOST written and illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
I love a book that escapes sweetness and cliché like Matthew Forsythe’s AGGIE AND THE...

CEECEE, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CINDERELLA written Shana Keller, illustrated by Laura Freeman
CEECEE, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CINDERELLA is written by Shana Keller and begins with a young girl...

CHEF’S SECRET written Kelly Yang, audio read by Eric Yang
Luckily for me Kelly Yang is as addicted to her series heroes as I am....

WHOA PANDA! written and illustrated by C.S. JENNINGS
How do you discuss boundaries with young children? C.S. Jennings does so delightfully with illustrations...

BECOMING BABA: A MEMOIR FATHERHOOD, FAITH AND FINDING MEANING IN AMERICA written and read by Aymann Ismail
Aymann Ismail, Slate journalist and podcaster, reads his memoir BECOMING BABA giving it the genuineness...

BOB THE VAMPIRE SNAIL written and illustrated by Andrea Zuill
C’mon a vampire snail? From the cover, I doubted but thankfully I read on because...