Illustrated by Carol Hill Quirk
Summary
“Do you know what an endangered species is and why animals become endanged?”
“Who Will Roar If I Go? will introduce you to thirteen animals around the world who have one thing in common: they need your help. With beautiful watercolor illustrations and rhyming verse, each animal is sharing a message with you that you will long remember after reading.”
Continue reading Who Will Roar If I Go? by Paige Jaeger
Review
When God Made Light is the follow-up to When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner, illustrated by David Catrow. Continue reading When God Made Light by Matthew Paul Turner
Winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal
Goodreads Summary
“It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
“Wild nights are my glory,” the unearthly stranger told them. “I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract”.
Meg’s father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart-stopping journey through space?” Continue reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
When God Made You is a lovely faith based children’s book which has lessons for all ages. Continue reading When God Made You by Matthew Paul Turner illustrated by David Catrow
2016 Dutton
Summary
“Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things quickly escalate, and reclusive World War I veteran Toby becomes a target of her attacks. While others have always seen Toby’s strangeness, Annabelle knows only kindness. Soon, she will need to find the courage to stand as a lone voice of justice as tensions mount.” Continue reading Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk