Sharing My Memoirs

A dog with its head in a box.

GO AND GET WITH REX written by David LaRochelle and illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka

David LaRochelle blends his typically intriguing perspective and humor with a structure that models out-of-the-box...
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THE UNBOXING OF A BLACK GIRL, written by Angela Shante

I need to start writing of Angela Shante’s courageous lyrical memoir THE UNBOXING OF A...
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THE SPACEMAN written and illustrated by Randy Cecil

Randy Cecil’s writing and illustrations create an engaging alien character in THE SPACEMAN. A perfect...
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BACK HOME: STORY TIME WITH MY FATHER written by Arlene Elizabeth Casimir and illustrated by Ken Daley

Author Arlene Elizabeth Casimir pictures the power of stories in BACK HOME: STORY TIME WITH...
A girl with a pipe in her mouth.

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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...