Children’s Books Worth Sharing
JUPITER RISING written by Gary Schmdit, audio read by Christopher Gebauer
Christopher Gebauer read Gary Schmidt’s tragic prequel ORBITING RISING and now narrates JUPITER RISING, its...
THE BALLERINA OF AUSCHWITZ, written by Edith Eva Eger, audio read by Gilli Messer & Tovah Feldshuh
Dr. Edith Eva Eger’s Young Adult version of her book THE CHOICE is called THE...
THEY CALL ME TEACH: LESSONS IN FREEDOM written by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James Ransome
Writer Lesa Cline-Ransome and her illustrator husband James Ransome collaborate on THEY CALL ME TEACH:...
GITA DESAI IS NOT HERE TO SHUT UP written by Sonia Patel, audio read by Rukmani K. Desai
(Trigger warnings: sexual abuse and assault) Rukmani K. Desai fully expresses facets of 1992 Stanford...
WHEN THE WORLD TIPS OVER written Jandy Nelson
Jandy Nelson’s WHEN THE WORLD TIPS OVER had a bit of a rough beginning for...
THE SOLDIER’S FRIEND: WALT WHITMAN’S EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR written by Gary Golio, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Gary Golio’s picture book biography, THE SOLDIER’S FRIEND: WALT WHITMAN’S EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE IN THE AMERICAN...
KAREEM BETWEEN written by Shafia Safadi, audio read by Peter Romano
Shafia Safadi’s KAREEM BETWEEN is a novel in verse that I concurrently read and listened...
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR AMYGDALA written by Anna Juster, illustrated by Cynthia Cliff
Writer Anna Juster and illustrator Cynthia Cliff have a new book to help deep feeling...
