• Review of Worm Loves Worm

    Written by J.J. Austrian, and illustrated by Mike Curato I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.7 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.04 out of 5 stars. On Amazon, this book is Editors’ pick for Best Books Ages 3-5, on Goodreads it is a nominee for Best Picture Books 2016. Summary: Worm Loves…

  • Review of We Are Grateful

    Written by Traci Sorell, Illustrated by Frane Lessac I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.8 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.34 out of 5 stars. This book has the following awards: 2019 Sibert Honor Book, 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book, NPR’s Guide To 2018’s Great Reads, 2018 Book Launch Award (SCBWI), Kirkus…

  • Review of Separate is Never Equal

    Written by Duncan Tonatiuh I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.8 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.40 out of 5 stars. This book was awarded the Jane Addams Award, and it is also a Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor Book and a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. Summary: “Seven years before Brown v.…

  • Review of We Are Water Protectors

    Written by Carole Lindstrom, and illustrated by Michaela Goade I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.8 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.52 out of 5 stars. This book is Amazon’s #1 Best Seller in Children’s American Folk Tales & Myths, #1 New York Times Bestseller, and Winner of the 2021 Caldecott Medal,…

  • Review of The People Shall Continue

    Written by Simon J. Ortiz, and illustrated by Sharol Graves I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.8 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.25 out of 5 stars. Summary: This story “traces the progress of the Indians of North America from the time of the Creation to the present.” In 2021, this book…

  • Review of We March

    Written by Shane W. Evans I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.8 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.17 out of 5 stars. Summary: “We March” is about what happened on August 28, 1963, when over 250,000 people marched in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This was the day that…

  • Review of The Baby Tree

    Written by Sophie Blackall I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.4 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 3.97 out of 5 stars. Summary: This story is about a little boy’s curious journey to find out where babies are from when he is told that he will have a sibling.   Access to this…

  • Review of When Aiden Became a Brother

    Written by Kyle Lukoff, and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.8 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.55 out of 5 stars. The American Library Association awarded this book the Stonewall Book Award. Summary: This story shows Aiden’s journey in gender identity and how he feels about being…

  • Review of Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

    Written by Rob Sanders, and illustrated by Steven Salerno I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.9 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.33 out of 5 stars. Summary: This story is about how an openly gay man becomes the first elected official in the United States and how the LGBTQ community received their…

  • Review of In Our Mothers’ House

    Written by Patricia Polacco I have never read this book before. Ratings: Amazon: 4.7 out of 5 stars. Goodreads: 4.3 out of 5 stars. Summary: This is about what it is like inside the home of a lesbian couple and their adopted children.   This book was restricted in May 2012 in Utah’s Davis County…