Archives for the ‘Reviews’ Category

Leon’s Story

Jun 15th, 2007 • Category: Books, History, Reviews

A review of a book by Leon Walter Tillage about the life of an ordinary man who went through great struggles and tragedies only because of the color of his skin.



Book Review: Armenia: A Rugged Land, an Enduring People

Apr 15th, 2007 • Category: Books, Reviews

Armenia: A Rugged Land, an Enduring People by Lucine Kasbarian is about the country Armenia, and its treasured and tragic history.



Book Review: Life in Prison

Feb 15th, 2007 • Category: Books, Reviews

In this book, Tookie Williams describes prison conditions and challenges kids to spend ten hours alone in a bathroom at home so they may begin to understand how it feels to live in captivity.



Movie Review: Flushed Away

Nov 15th, 2006 • Category: Movies, Reviews

In Flushed Away, an upscale house mouse named Rodney and a scavenger mouse named Rita must save the underground sewer city from an evil toad who hates all rodents.



Book Review: An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

Nov 15th, 2006 • Category: Books, Reviews

A collection of 12 emotional and honest stories about Puerto Rican youth is found in An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio, written by Judith Ortiz Cofer.



A Little Piece Of Ground

Sep 15th, 2006 • Category: Books, Reviews

A Little Piece of Ground is the story of Karim Aboudi, 12, a soccer buff and computer game junkie, growing up under Israeli occupation in Ramallah, Palestine.



How We Are Smart

Sep 15th, 2006 • Category: Books, Reviews

How We Are Smart profiles 12 famous Americans from many different ethnic and social backgrounds who were all smart in different kinds of ways.



The Birth of an Award-Winning Story: A Talk with Author Kathy Price

Jun 15th, 2006 • Category: Books

Poet Kathy Price published her first children’s book, The Bourbon Street Musicians, in 2002.



How Do They Do That? An Idea to a New Book

Jun 15th, 2006 • Category: Books

Book designers and illustrators are artists who decide how each page of a book is going to look. Book designers also create covers.



Book Review: Button Girl

Jun 15th, 2006 • Category: Books, Reviews

Once upon a time, before buttons were born, people used thorns, sticks and bones to keep their blouses on and their trousers up.