Book Review
Swimming in the Rain
Each of Bloch’s poems tells a story filled with history and depth, inviting the audience to watch each enlightened moment unfold on the page. Award winning poet and translator Chana Bloch’s latest collection of poems, Swimming in the...
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If You Were Me and Lived in...Portugal
Roman has embedded her latest cultural education book with precise yet lighthearted fun. Veteran social studies teacher and award-winning author Carole P. Roman has added another installment to her series of picture books that entices...
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A Walk from the Sea
Parents and grandparents will enjoy sharing many of these poems with their loved ones. Visual artist and educator Laurel Lorraine Lancer has compiled a varied and voluminous book of formal poems. Sometimes serious and often whimsical,...
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Between Shifts
Precise imagery lays bare emotional experiences and observations. Sally Gallot-Reeves is a poet of witness. In "Between Shifts", she uses her writing as a recording device, a way of processing the trauma and healing that often surrounds...
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The Extraordinarily Ordinary Life of Prince
Parents will delight in this giggle-out-loud lesson in table manners that fills a chasm in today’s picture book market. Author and former classical ballet dancer Prince A. Sanders details the proper etiquette for fine dining in his new...
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Love Poems for Cannibals
"Love Poems for Cannibals" is filled with beautiful contradictions—humorous at times, yet a deep sense of grieving permeates the collection. Raymond Keen’s debut book of poetry, "Love Poems for Cannibals", is akin to “experiencing...
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Insights
McCandless describes actively turning toward trust and forgiveness in this eclectic collection about chronic illness and abuse. “Life is not a state of being; it is a process of becoming. This book is about the process,” states Beth...
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Kobee Manatee: Heading Home to Florida
This luxuriously illustrated, infectiously charming story makes us want to save the manatee and have a plush version to hug. The weather is getting colder, and Kobee Manatee must make the journey from Cape Cod Bay to Blue Spring State...