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Just What to Do

JUST WHAT TO DO written by Kyle Lukoff, illustrated by Hala Tahboub

Grief is complicated and there are so many different reactions that how does one know...
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Untangling: Breathe, Breathe, Breathe(Chapter 65)

My mother finally died when we were only blocks from reaching hospice. The nurses called...
Docile

DOCILE: MEMOIRS OF A NOT-SO-PERFECT ASIAN GIRL, written and read by HYESEUNG SONG

Hyeseung Song reads her memoir DOCILE: MEMOIRS OF A NOT-SO-PERFECT ASIAN GIRL with a rhythm...
Roar-choo!

ROAR-CHOO! written by Charlotte Cheng, illustrated by Dan Santat

Charlotte Cheng’s ROAR-CHOO! may be an archetypal story about the yin and yang of Dragon...
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Untangling: Exceeding Expectations(Chapter 64)

As my mother lived on, exceeding expectations, I grew antsy sitting at hospice and decided...
Clever Crow

CLEVER CROW written by Chris Butterworth, illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill

Chris Butterworth’s CLEVER CROW is an inviting picture of the commonness and the specialness of...
I'm mostly here ot enjoy myself

I’M MOSTLY HERE TO ENJOY MYSELF: ONE WOMAN’S PURSUIT OF PLEASURE IN PARIS, written and read by Glynnis MacNicol

Glynnis MacNicol reads her memoir I’M MOSTLY HERE TO ENJOY MYSELF: ONE WOMAN’S PURSUIT OF...
Code name Kingfisher

CODE NAME KINGFISHER written by Liz Kessler, illustrated by Genevieve Gaunt

Liz Kessler’s CODE NAME KINGFISHER finds Liv dealing with quandaries—the meanness of her former best...
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Untangling: Resolution (Chapter 63)

It had been over a week of visiting hospice, of agitation when one day I...
D-day

I SURVIVED THE BATTLE OF D-DAY, 1944 written by Lauren Tarshis, illustrated by Brian Churilla

Lauren Tarshis’s I Survived books are now available in graphic novel format, a fabulous combination...