Title: The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain and Northern Ireland Writer: Various edited by Maria J. Perez Cuervo Publishing House: Hellebore Date of Publication: December 2021 Rating: 5 stars This beautiful (BEAUTIFUL, I TELL YOU!!!!) guide is an outstanding journey within the heart of Britain and Northern Ireland and all their magical, witchy, ritualistic, occult…
Tag: Non-Fiction
Florence Nightingale (Little People, Big Dreams)
Title: Florence Nightingale (Little People, Big Dreams) Writer: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Kelsey Garrity-Riley Publishing House: Frances Lincoln Children’ s Books Date of Publication: April 12th 2022 Rating: 5 stars ‘’Never give nor take an excuse.’’ Florence Nightingale 1820, Florence, Italy. A child with a brilliant mind and a golden heart is born….
Amanda Gorman (Little People, Big Dreams)
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….
Charles Dickens (Little People, Big Dreams)
Title: Charles Dickens (Little People, Big Dreams) Writer: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, illustrated by Isobel Ross Publishing House: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Date of Publication: November 9th 2021 Rating: 5 stars “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” Charles Dickens (Our Mutual Friend) A young boy sees his world…
Christmas Is Coming: Traditions from Around the World
Title: Christmas Is Coming: Traditions from Around the World (original title: dą święta! O Bożym Narodzeniu, Mikołaju i tradycjach świątecznych na świecie) Writer: Monika Utnik-Strugala, illustrated by Ewa Poklewska-Koziello Publishing House: NorthSouth Books Date of Publication: September 14th 2021 (first published 2019) Rating: 5 stars ‘’Can you imagine the winter without Christmas?It’s one of the…
Light Rains Sometimes Fall
Title: Light Rains Sometimes Fall Writer: Lev Parikian Publishing House: Elliott & Thompson Date of Publication: September 16th 2021 Rating: 5 stars ‘’Look beyond and there is a gentle rise, streets populated with lines of houses, a repeating tessellation of London brick. On a good day, with the sun slanting on them from a certain…
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…
Ghost Stories of New York State
Title: Ghost Stories of New York State Writer: Susan Smitten Publishing House: Folklore Publishing Date of Publication: March 1st 2004 Rating: 5 stars ”Whether we accept the possibility of ghosts or reject it, it is clear that our past can haunt our present. Ghosts may be a reminder to make the most of our lives…
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…
The Met Georgia O’Keefe
Title: The Met Georgia O’Keeffe: She Saw the World in a Flower Writer: Gabrielle Balkan, illustrated by Josy Bloggs Publishing House: DK Children Date of Publication: August 24th 2021 Rating: 5 stars ‘’My painting is what I give back to the world for what the world gives to me.’’Georgia O’Keefe, 1940 Wisconsin, November 15, 1887….
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…
The Eternal Season: Ghosts of Summers Past, Present and Future
Title: The Eternal Season: Ghosts of Summers Past, Present and Future Writer: Stephen Rutt Publishing House: Elliott & Thompson Date of Publication: July 1st 2021 Rating: 5 stars ‘’You could walk into a wood on a summer’s day, pretty and green, and not know a thing was wrong if you didn’t know the signs to…
Into the Tangled Bank
Title: Into the Tangled Bank Writer: Lev Parikian Publishing House: Elliott & Thompson Date of Publication: June 3rd 2021 (first published July 9th 2020) Rating: 5 stars ‘’There is nothing like nature to make you feel inadequate.’’ Nature. One of the most sacred words. Our mother, our home and shelter. And yet, how we abuse…
Secret Britain
Title: Secret Britain Writer: Mary-Ann Ochota Publishing House: Frances Lincoln Date of Publication: September 29th 2020 Rated: 5 stars ‘’Every step you take in Britain treads on the past. A street now filled with shops and houses might once have been a royal palace. An anonymous farmer’s field glimpsed from a car window might have…
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…
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Title: Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times Writer: Katherine May Publishing House: Riverhead Books Date of Publication: November 10th 2020 Rating: 5 stars ‘’There are gaps in the mesh of the everyday world, and sometimes they open up and you fall through them into somewhere else. Somewhere Else runs at a…
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…
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