Just the Right Cake by Christina Tosi
Just the Right Cake by Christina Tosi starts off like any other cake book. It is raining so it is the perfect day to bake a cake. But if you ask Phil, he will tell you it would be a good day to bake a cake even if it was sunny. You see, Phil loves baking with his mom and dad. But today is different. It is just him and his mom. But even though the cake is made like they always did, something is […]
How to Send a Hug by Hayley Rocco
I admit it. Even this old grump teared up at the end of How to Send a Hug. And it was not the words of Hayley Rocco, though those are sweet. It was that darn page at the end where everyone is receiving their hugs! So, “Bad John Rocco! Bad!” Seriously though, this is a delightful story about how to send a hug to someone who is far away. I am sure we have not seen the last of the Covid related issues, therefore, making […]
The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen
A child and their very loved grandmother have a unique bond in The Bird Feeder. Despite their ages, the two of them share common interests. They like to spend time together drawing and watching the bird feeder outside the grandmother’s window. But one day, the grandmother moves into hospice care and the child decides that things can be the same even if they are no longer in the same house. And they bring grandmothers birdfeeder to be outside her new window. Of course, one day […]
Spectacular Sisters: Amazing Stories of Sisters from Around the World by Aura Lewis
Spectacular Sisters: Amazing Stories of Sisters from Around the World by Aura Lewis includes some sisters you know, others you might have heard of, some you have probably never heard of and others are so well known even my dad has heard of them! The woman featured in the couple pages biographies, cover all walks of life from political leaders (ancient and modern), warriors, pop culture, artists, and writers. We see the gambit of siblings who call each other sister. Some were terribly close, others had […]
Nowhere Girl by Magali Le Huche
In the first few pages of Nowhere Girl, I felt like I had time traveled between several decades. First, the 1960s due to the reference of the Beatles and the feeling of the art and tone of the story. Then, the 1970s via the look of the city and again, the tone of the story and the Beatles. And then via the clothes we finally landed in the 1980s and 1990s. But then you have references to some pop culture when the main character and […]
The Little Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The Little Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, (yes, the Dalai Lama; who by the way has/had a great statue at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York) and Archbishop Desmond Tutu (yes, that Desmond Tutu; who I don’t know if he has/had one but should) is a book about how two boys, separated by thousands of miles had similar experiences that would shape them as men. Adapted from the adult version of the story, this book shows how even in […]
