In The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 5, by Beth Brower, the wonderful journals gain poignancy to go with their quirkiness, as Emma attends the delayed funeral of her childhood sweetheart, lost in Afghanistan in 1880. www.sonderbooks.com/Fiction/emma...
Brown Girls Do Ballet: Celebrating Diverse Girls Taking Center Stage, by TaKiyah Wallace-McMillan, words by JaNay Brown-Wood, is a gorgeous picture book illustrated with photographs telling and showing brown girls that their dancing is beautiful. www.sonderbooks.com/Picture_Book...
Skater Boy, by Anthony Nerada, narrated by Michael Crouch, is the story of a tough kid who's not even sure he's going to graduate and doesn't know how to tell his friends he's fallen in love with the boy who starred in the Nutcracker ballet. www.sonderbooks.com/Teens/skater...
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Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood, by Robert Beatty, is the story of a young orphan who loves horses. But when a massive flood hits the valley, impossible things are washed down the river, including a boy with an unbelievable story. www.sonderbooks.com/Childrens_Fi...
The Backyard Bird Chronicles, by Amy Tan, read by the Author, includes delightfully meditative excerpts from the author's birding journals as she gets to know visitors in her backyard by the sea. www.sonderbooks.com/Nonfiction/b...
Heartless Hunter, by Kristen Cicarelli, read by Grace Gray, is a YA romantasy about a young witch who poses as an empty headed social butterfly while secretly rescuing witches from execution by the new republic. www.sonderbooks.com/Teens/heartl...
Hello, Neighbor! The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers, by Matthew Cordell, is a wonderful picture book biography of Mister Rogers, telling how he made his show so special for everyone. www.sonderbooks.com/Childrens_No...
How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? by Anna Montague, is a delightful debut novel about a 70-year-old psychiatrist going on a road trip with the ashes of her best friend. www.sonderbooks.com/Fiction/how_...
