April is Poetry Month! Gone FIshing: A Novel in Verse makes a great family read aloud.  It is a perfect introduction to a wide variety of poetry styles and nails family and sibling dynamics in the alternating voices of the…

April is Poetry Month! This poetry collection is packed with fun and factual poems about many shark species.  With subject matter of such wide appeal it is perfect for fans of sharks and budding poets!  Robin

March: NonFiction Pick This is a beguiling memoir about the “simple life”, The author describes the delicious highs and sometimes excruciating lows of life on Essex Farm—a 500-acre farm that produces a full diet for a community of 250 people.…

March: Fiction Pick As London endures nightly German bombings, Britain’s secret service whisks the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret from England, seeking safety for the young royals on an old estate in Ireland. Ahead of the German Blitz during World War…

March (Women’s History Month): Youth Nonfiction Pick A stunning picture book about Mary “Mother” Jones and the 100 children who marched from Philadelphia to New York in a fiery protest against child labor. Here’s the inspiring story of the woman…