November: Youth Nonfiction Pick This biographical picture book is an inspiring tale of one Woman affecting change.  Sarah Hale, teacher and author, persisted in a letter writing campaign which was finally successful in making Thanksgiving a National Holiday.  A great…

November: Young Adult Fiction Pick This fantasy has it all, it is a bit dark but many will appreciate the development of  the misfits who end up in key roles to save or destroy society. The plot twists and turns…

October: NonFiction Pick No other substance in the world is as simple to produce or as profitable. It is the basis of a gargantuan industry built upon a shady underworld, but ultimately it is an agricultural product that lives many…

October: Fiction Pick This is an elegant mystery, also a love story, and a story about the problems finding a place to call home in America if you’re of brown skin and have an unpronounceable Morrocan name.  The book is…

October: Juvenile Fiction Pick This book just blew me away.  Filled with magical illustrations, maps, sketches, quotes from the explorer’s journal and a great narrative of his travels this is a book to keep curious kids busy for hours.  Anyone…