Book Review
Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals
by Ali Ortiz
In the inspiring picture book "Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals", a veterinarian’s daughter dreams about treating animals in need herself. Jennifer Welborn’s picture book "Dr. Rosie Helps the Animals" encourages awareness of animal...
Book Review
Overrepresented
by Ali Ortiz
The sobering social science book "Overrepresented" shares potent information about Canada’s legal and cultural oppression of Indigenous people. Social worker Annette L. Vermette’s social science book "Overrepresented" discusses the...
Book Review
Saving Ellipsis
by Ali Ortiz
Laure Dargelos’s novel "Saving Ellipsis" is a playful jaunt through the topsy-turvy world of grammar and literature. In Ellipsis, Prosperina fails to follow unspoken rules, opening a flower shop instead of a bookstore and breaking...
Book Review
Black Hair in a White World
by Ali Ortiz
The essays of "Black Hair in a White World" concern the struggles of Black women who sport natural hair in a colonized world. A commodity, a means of discrimination, a point of economic exploitation: Black women’s hair developed in...
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Brain On!
by Ali Ortiz
"Brain On!" is an encouraging self-help text filled with methods for cultivating emotional intelligence in the office. Deb Smolensky’s "Brain On!" is a self-help guide that emphasizes personal growth and individual mental wellness in...
Book Review
Facets of the Kingdom
by Ali Ortiz
"Facets of the Kingdom" gathers reflections on the nature of racial and religious categories in contemporary society to argue for goodwill between all people. Loris O. Gillin explores the foundations of a Christian society in her...
Book Review
The Miracle of a Butterfly
by Ali Ortiz
The instructive picture book "The Miracle of a Butterfly" is direct in illustrating the life cycle of a butterfly. Betty Lowery and Paul Lowery’s "The Miracle of a Butterfly" is a picture book about the beauty and life cycle of the...
Book Review
Presence Driven
by Ali Ortiz
In the religious book "Presence Driven", biblical stories are analyzed in search of deeper understanding around God’s true plan. Paul Ellis’s religious book "Presence Driven" makes Bible-based assertions about God’s authority....