by Dawn | Sep 24, 2011 | Fiction
In this Southern Gothic novel, Alexandria Lee has spent her entire young life with her free-spirited mother far from Grandma Lee’s home in Savannah, Georgia. They grow herbs on a commune in Mendocino, California, which also produces a modest amount of pot. But...
by Dawn | Sep 24, 2011 | Picture Book
The author’s “DOT” takes you through a whole day of dots!! The simple design and bold colors convey to the visual learners all the emotions and feelings that one might experience in one day. The young readers can easily pick up the simple words by...
by Dawn | Sep 24, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Daphne Davis has just started 4th grade and her mom has given her a pink notebook to keep a diary of the new school year. Daphne loves to daydream of daily disasters and has fun adding doodles to the notebook. Unfortunately, the first day of school presented a REAL...
by Dawn | Oct 8, 2009 | Picture Book
This is a very powerful, simple story. Once the Maasai people of Kenya were powerful warriors. They now live a peaceful life as nomadic herders. For them the cow is life. One day they heard about the tragedy of September 11,2001. The Maasai people thought hard about...
by Dawn | Jul 27, 2009 | Fiction
Winner of the 2009 Newbery Medal Oh, this is a good one. Now, to warn you, it starts out pretty graphically, and you may wonder if this is a good book for kids or not. Well, I wouldn’t hand it to anyone under ten, but it’s a blockbuster for the rest of us....
