*In the Land of the Blue Burqas by Kate McCord
In a beautifully written memoir full of vignettes, McCord gives readers glimpses of the people and culture of Afghanistan through her eyes as a Christian NGO. …
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Disenchanted by Megan Morrison
Readers eager for more tales from Tyme will be disappointed by a story that is for more political than its precursor. Disenchanted: The Trials of …
Rapid Fire: Five Recent YA
Reading YA takes time. Books often stretch to 400 plus pages, and sometimes at the end of the day, those 400 pages aren’t worth an …
The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill
Watch out Chicago, there’s a new amateur sleuth in town for this jazz age mystery! The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill. …
Vintage Pies: Classic American Pies for Today’s Home Baker by Anne Haynie Collins
Here’s a fun pie cookbook to help you recreate some of the vintage pies described in older literature and in your history books! Vintage Pies: …
Getting to Know Beatrix Potter (1866 – 1943)
“My dear Eric, Once upon a time there was a frog called Mr. Jeremy Fisher . . .” A day earlier, Beatrix Potter had written …
Roll by Darcy Miller
In rural Minnesota, friendship and rolling pigeons combine in an enjoyable middle grade debut novel. Roll by Darcy Miller. HarperCollins, 2017, 224 pages Reading …
Reading Diana Wynne Jones: an Author Portrait
You just finished a good book. Now what? Many book lovers can relate to this sad, unsatisfied feeling. But what if you banished that feeling, …