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Tag: Books
My AUG WRAP-UP!
My AUG WRAP-UP! Read 8 this month! Mostly great books! Lucky me 🙂 Hoping for the same in September!
WWW Wednesday
My very first WWW Wednesday! First seen on Mani’s Book Corner 🙂 , hosted on Taking On A World of Words. What are the 3 Ws? What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Currently reading: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover Blurb (Amazon): Educated is…
Half Gods by Akil Kumarasamy
Devastated by the Sri Lanka Civil War in 1983 that lasted for 26 years, these survivors moved to America hoping to forget their past and rebuild their lives. Half Gods is a collection of their stories.
What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
Title: What We Were Promised Author: Lucy Tan My verdict: 3.5/5 In a nutshell: After years of chasing the American dream, the Zhen family – Wei, Lina and their daughter Karen, returned to China and joined an elite community of Chinese-born, Western-educated professionals. Drama enfolded Lina discovered that her ivory bracelet went missing, and Wei’s brother,…
So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Title: So You Want to Talk About Race Author: Ijeoma Oluo Verdict: 5/5 In a nutshell (Publisher): In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy–from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans–has put a media spotlight on racism…
Freddie and the Fairy Post-Reading activities
I’ve reviewed this book before about 2 years ago. Click here for it. This time round, I’m adding an activity to complete the entire reading/literacy session which I did with a new group of children age 4 – 6 years old. Read-aloud: Identify the rhyming words with the children, while going back and forth to…
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Title/Author: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons / Eric Litwin (writer), James Dean (illustrator)Publisher: HarperPages: 40 pagesISBN: 978-0-06-211058-9Ages: 4 – 7 In a nutshellPete the Cat wore his bright yellow new shirt which had four totally colorful, groovy buttons. But it fell off one by one! However, that didn’t bother Pete at all. He…
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Title/Author: The Help by Kathryn Stockett Publisher: The Berkley Publishing Group Pages: 530 ISBN: 978-0-425-24513-2 In a nutshell The Help is set in the 1960’s and told by Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter’s perspective. Aibileen and Minny are maids who worked for white families and regularly exchanged stories about their bosses they served. Eugena “Skeeter” Phelan…
Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
Title/Author: Moloka’i by Alan BrennertPublisher: St Martin’s GriffinPages: 383ISBN: 978-0-312-30435-5 In a nutshell This novel is set in the 18t90’s to 1970’s. The female protagonist, Rachel Kalama grew up in Honolulu and is part of a big Hawaiian family. Her father, was a merchant seaman and she dreamt that she’d travel to places her dad…
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