Princess Arabella Goes to School by Mylo Freeman is part of a picture book series that shows a princess who is not your typical looking princess. Granted, she has adventures like anyone else, but she has her own special take on things. And her own special way of how to be a princess. The colors of the book are great. They are bold and sassy like our princess. They move the story along. They show how Arabella thinks of herself and the world. The […]
Takes Two to Make a Tango
This is my Fahrenheit 451. To this day I have a hard time understanding the minds of people who ban and challenge books. You do not like it? Great. There are another 4 billion books out there. Find one you do like. But do not tell me I cannot read a book. Justin Richards, Peter Parnell and Henry Cole came together to make And Tango Makes Three. The story is a true story about two penguins in the New York Central Zoo. These two love […]
Sweet, if a little airy
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland. And according to author Chelsey Johnson, even the 90s were more 90s in Portland. Stray City is the story of Andrea (Andy) Morales, a young woman abandoned by her biological family when she comes out who seeks out a new family and a place to belong in Portland. It’s all grunge and Lesbian Mafia and family dinners until, for reasons even Andy can’t articulate, she falls into bed with a man. Her regular transgressions remain a secret […]
What the Tide Dragged In
I had never heard of this book. It popped up in one of my “What’s Available Now” searches on my library’s eBook site. I was going to use this as my “Cover Art” Bingo square, because I loved the cover and that’s a big part of why I picked it, but then I found out it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award and so I’m using it for “Snubbed,” because this book should have one at least one […]