Title: Amanda Gorman (Little People, Big Dreams) Writer: Maria Izabel Sanchez Vegara (illustrated by Queenbe Monyei) Publishing House: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Rating: 5 stars “There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” Amanda Gorman A little girl from Los Angeles adores reading….
Tag: Children's Non-Fiction
Michael Jordan
(Little People, Big Dreams) Title: Michael Jordan (Little People, Big Dreams) Writer: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Lo Harris Publishing House: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Date of Publication: December 7th 2021 Rating: 5 stars ‘’I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.’’ Michael Jordan The boy of our…
Windows
Title: Windows Writer: Julia Denos, illustrated by E.B.Goodale Publishing House: Candlewick Press Date of Publication: October 17th 2017 Rating: 5 stars ‘’At the end of the day, before the town goes to sleep, you can look out of your window and see more little windows lit up like eyes in the dusk blinking away as…
Rosalind Franklin (Little People, Big Dreams)
Title: Rosalind Franklin (Little People, Big Dreams) Writer: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (illustrated by Naomi Wilkinson Publishing House: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Date of Publication: August 24th 2021 Rating: 5 stars ‘’I see no reason to believe that a creator of protoplasm or primaeval matter, if such there be, has any reason to be interested in our insignificant race…
Mythopedia
Title: Mythopedia Writer: Anna Claybourne, illustrated by Good Wives and Warriors Publishing House: Laurence King Publishing Date of Publication: September 15th 2020 Rating: 5 stars ‘’The Elves explained that this chain, called Gleipnir, was made from six ingredients: The sound of a cat’s footsteps The roots of a mountain The beard of a woman The…
John Lennon (Little People, BIG dreams)
Title: John Lennon (Little People, Big Dreams) Writer: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (illustrated by Octavia Bromell) Publishing House: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Date of Publication: December 8th 2020 Rating: 5 stars ‘’We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections.’’ John Lennon Liverpool, October 9th 1940. A boy is…
Captain Tom Moore (Little People, BIG Dreams)
Title: Captain Tom Moore (Little People, Big Dreams) Writer: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (illustrated by Christophe Jacques) Publishing House: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Date of Publication: September 29th 2020 Rating: 5 stars ‘’We’ve fought so many battles and we’ve always won, and we’re going to win again. Please remember tomorrow is a good day and…
The International Day of the Girl: Celebrating Girls Around the World
Title: The International Day of the Girl Writer: Jessica Dee Humphreys and the Hon. Rona Ambrose, illustrated by Simone Shin Publishing House: Kids Can Press Date of Publication: September 1st 2020 Rating: 5 stars Nine stories celebrating the International Day of the Girls. Nine girls who demonstrate the strength, the determination, the intelligence, the love…
In the Dark
Title: In The Dark Writer: Lisa Deresti Betik, illustrated by Josh Holinaty Publishing House:Kids Can Press Date of Publication: September 1st 2020 Rating: 5 stars ‘’In the evenings, as the sky grows dark, living creatures of all different shapes and sizes prepare themselves for sleep. You might enjoy a bedtime snack, put on a favourite…
Louise Bourgeois (Little People, Big Dreams)
Title: Louise Bourgeiois (Little People, Big Dreams) Writer: Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara, illustrated by Helena Perez Garcia Publishing House: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Date of Publication: October 6th 2020 Rating: 5 stars ‘To be an artist, you need to exist in a world of silence.’ You are born on a beautiful, snowy Christmas day. You…
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