‘Until then, I thought it was some code that older white people used to speak to each other. Kat Chow for NPR interviews “Jacqueline Woodson On Being a ‘Brown Girl’ Who Dreams.” “The first time author Jacqueline Woodson says she really understood poetry - and loved it - was after reading Langston Hughes in elementary school. First, it gives us an adventurous female of color with blue dreads who often saves herself in situations.
It isn’t a rave review, but “ Shieldwolf Dawning is unique in two ways. –Edi ( Crazy QuiltEdi) tries out book one in a new speculative fiction series Shieldwolf Dawning by Selena Nemorin (Astraea Press 2014). “This dryly funny, concise fable features all the hallmarks of Murakami’s deadpan magic, along with splashes of Lewis Carroll and the brothers Grimm.” Publisher’s Weekly has me looking forward to Haruki Murakami’s The Strange Library (Knopf 2014, transl. Evans’ elemental drawings illuminate the spirit and yearnings of Amira, the earnest protagonist.” This tale of displacement in a complex, war-torn country is both accessible and fluent, striking just the right tone for middle-grade readers. “Telling her story in first-person verse, Pinkney uses deft strokes to create engaging characters through the poetry of their observations and the poignancy of their circumstances. For the 8-12, & I’m hoping the 36, crowd, Kirkus review The Red Pencil by Andrea Pinkney, Illus. Sarah ( What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate) reads The True History of Paradise by Margaret Cezair-Thompson (Plume 2000).”Cezair-Thompson is intimately familiar with the struggle to find and preserve a sense of identity, and appreciation for the ever active roll history plays in our personal stories.” Even if horror isn’t usually your genre, give these ghosts a chance. Highly recommended to anyone with even a moderate interest in China, Chinese culture, or Chinese food. “Overall, I immensely enjoyed each of these short stories, from the touch of horror to the settings to the amount I learned about Chinese culture and history to the wonderful recipes. Opinions of a Wolf reviewed A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts by Ying Chang Compestine (Henry Holt 2009).
“At its heart, The Lake is about monsters but are the monsters just humans in disguise? I was impressed at how Tananarive Due is able to manipulate the reader by using Abbie’s point of view.” Chrisbookarama reviews a short story by Tananarive Due called “The Lake” (from The Monster’s Corner). of the Diversity in Literature concern from around a small portion the book blogosphere, accumulated over the past week or so.
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