Every Year on Your Birthday (Review)
Every Year On Your Birthday Authors: Rose Lewis, Jane Dyer (Illustrator) Ranking: ★★★★☆ Plot Summary: This is the sequel to I Love You Like Crazy Cakes and is a beautiful narrative […]
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Not Quite Narwhal (Review)
Not Quite Narwhal Author and Illustrator: Jessie Sima Ranking: Plot Summary: “Growing up in the ocean, Kelp has always assumed that he was a narwhal like the rest of his family. […]
The Political Economy of Violence Against Women (Review)
Jacqui True. The Political Economy of Violence Against Women. New York, NY. Oxford University Press. First Edition. 2012: 192. Gender based violence is the leading cause of death of women […]
Emma’s Story (Review)
Emma’s Story Authors: Deborah Hodge, Song Nan Zhang (Illustrator) Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Plot Summary: Emma and her brother are making cookies at their grandma’s house when she notices that she is the […]
Finding Joy (Review)
Finding Joy Authors: Marion Coste, Yong Chen (Illustrator) Ranking: ★☆☆☆☆ Plot: Finding Joy is about a baby who is abandoned in China and about a Caucasian family who wants another child. […]
Tina Traster a.k.a Tina Travesty
(Image removed due to subject’s personal threat of law suit.) This post is prompted by my recent visit to Barnes & Noble, which is now carrying the book Rescuing Julia Twice: […]
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (Review)
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes Authors: Rose Lewis, Jane Dyer (illustrator) Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Plot Summary: I Love You Like Crazy Cakes tells the story of a baby in China and […]
KIDS LIKE ME IN CHINA (Review)
Authors: Ying Ying Fry and Amy Klazkin, Photography by Ying Ying Fry, Brian Boyd, and Terry M. Fry Rating: ★★★★★ Plot Summary: Kids Like Me in China is about an eight […]
Star of the Week (Review)
Star of the Week Authors: Darlene Friedman, Roger Roth (Illustrator) Rating: ★★★★☆ Plot Summary: Star of the Week is a book recommended for children ages 5 – 9 and is about a little […]
Motherbridge of Love (Review)
Motherbridge of Love Authors: Xinran Xue, Josée Masse (Illustrator) Ranking: ★★★☆☆ Plot Summary: This book is a short poem, explaining to adopted children that they have two important women who have shaped their lives […]
