Monday, October 6, 2014

Mallory on the Move by Laurie Friedman. Lerner Classroom, 2004. 158 pages.


Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Houghton Mifflin, 1989, 1397 pages.

Holocaust tale for younger children. Told from the point of view of a Danish girl who learns her Jewish Friend must go into hiding and then escape to neutral Sweden. They are aided by members of her own family, in the Resistance to Nazi occupied Denmark. Annmarie learns alot in a few days. coming of age-ish. A modern Classic.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier. Graphix/Scholastic, 2014. 197 pages.

I love a graphic memoir and I always love Raina. Not as spectacular as Smile, but wonderful just the same.