In honor of the anniversary of D-Day, here are some great WWII titles that focus on the war in Europe. Some are fiction, others are non-fiction, but all are worth your time. Click on a book cover to learn more. Happy Reading! I am an Amazon affiliate and earn from qualifying purchases.
My grandkids all live out of state, but over the last few weeks I have been able to visit and be on full time grandma duty. It has been fantastic! One of my favorite things has been reading to them. It brought back so many great memories of reading to my own kids. It is
“The tricky thing about giving opinions is that sometimes they cost you more than you wanted to spend.”–Stacey Lee, The Downstairs Girl I really liked this book. It is charming, witty, and laugh out loud funny. It is also poignant, thought provoking, and hopeful. 17 year old Jo Kuan has a secret. By day she
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If you want to kick off your summer with a book that puts a smile on your face and has you laughing out loud, look no further. Click on a book cover to learn more. Happy reading! I am an Amazon affiliate and earn from qualifying purchases.
“Not just Horse,” she said. “The horse. What you have here is the greatest racing stallion in American turf history.”–Geraldine Brooks, Horse Geraldine Brooks has crafted another winning story with this novel about an actual horse that lived and raced in the Antebellum South, became the most successful racehorse of the era, and was the
“Reason is how we get to the truth, but imagination is how we find meaning.”― Patti Callahan, Once Upon a Wardrobe Once Upon a Wardrobe is a gift to anyone who loves stories and their life changing magic. Patti Callahan has crafted a beautiful historical novel that combines fact with fiction to shed light on the impact
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“Try to be a better human in some way every day. And whenever you are confused about anything in life, not sure what to do, ask yourself this question: What would a good human do?”― Mark T. Sullivan, All the Glimmering Stars This is one of those books that sticks with you. It is also a book
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This incredible story by Adam Gidwitz was a Newberry Honor book in 2017 and I am not sure how it didn’t win the Newberry Award. It is a unique and well crafted story that addresses hard subjects in a way that makes sense to kids and quite frankly, has some of the better explanations I’ve
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I recently read several articles discussing the new phenomenon of children, teens, and even college students no longer reading complete books as part of their curriculum. This is a trend that began a few years ago and has been getting worse. When my youngest was a senior in high school a few years ago, he
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“A river no more begins at its source than a story begins with the first page.“–Diane Setterfield, Once Upon a River On a cold winter night, a tavern along the Thames becomes the spot for mystery and intrigue as a badly injured man, with a lifeless child in his arms, bursts into the room
