JUSTICE RISING: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement AUTHOR: Katheryn Russell-Brown ILLUSTRATOR: Kim Holt GENRE: Children’s Non-Fiction Picture Book PUBLISHER: Viking Books for Young Readers RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2023 PAGES: 40 A celebration of twelve Black women who were pivotal to the civil rights movement and […]
Happy Tuesday! I’m doing my own thing today for Top Ten Tuesday because I wanted to make sure I highlighted Black History month. I’ve got 10 Black history books for you to read and 10 Black history books for you to read with your child. Some I’ve read already and […]
Welcome to the Blog Blitz for Carved in Ebony by Jasmine L. Holmes, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! I am so excited about this book – keep reading for an excerpt! CARVED IN EBONY Author: Jasmine L. Holmes Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Release Date: November 2, 2021 Genre: Christian History […]
Welcome to the Blog Tour for Far Above Rubies by Jolyn Canty, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! Please join me in welcoming Jolyn to the blog today to chat about her new book! George MacDonald has long been one of my faith heroes, so I’m looking forward to reading this […]
SHE PERSISTED : HARRIET TUBMAN GENRE: Chapter Book / Biography PUBLISHER: Philomel Books RELEASE DATE: January 5, 2021 PAGES: 79 In this chapter book biography by bestselling and award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney, readers learn about the amazing life of Harriet Tubman–and how she persisted. Born enslaved, Harriet Tubman rose up […]
It’s Saturday!! We’ve made it to the weekend and the last look at Mid 2021 New Releases I’m excited about. Today we’re finishing up with Mid 2021 NonFiction New Releases (May-August). While I don’t read nonfiction a lot, I do on occasion, especially when a topic or author grabs my […]
GENRE; Non-Fiction, Historical PUBLISHER: Practical Pioneer Press RELEASE DATE: November 26, 2016 PAGES: 142 Whether you love her, hate her, or love to hate her, Nellie Oleson is one of the most recognizable literary figures of the 20th century. But Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House on the […]
A riveting glimpse of life and love during and after World War II—a heart-warming, touching, and thoroughly absorbing true story of a world gone by. In the spring of 1939, with the Second World War looming, two determined twenty-four-year-olds, Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver, decided to open a marriage bureau. […]
Hi Y’all! Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday 🙂 This week’s topic is officially “Books that every (fill in the blank) needs to read”. I’m excited to see what everyone posts and I hope we get a variety of themes! I’m going with “books that every WW2 history buff needs […]