Fred McFeely Rogers was a staple in multiple children’s lives in two countries. In A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers we have 75 songs from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and The Children’s Corner. Luke Flowers and his illustrations bring to life the characters from our childhood, our children’s childhood and perhaps even our grandchildren’s childhood. Rogers was a man who loved children, spoke up before it was “cool” to stand up what was right, and he even testified before congress to […]
Ghost Boys through history
First, Ghost Boys does seem like a fairly balanced look how the shooting of Jerome, a 12-year-old boy, by a white police officer effects not only Jerome’s family, but the officer and his family as well. Perhaps, it is tilted a little more in Jerome’s favor, but that is to be expected. Second, this will bring up the feelings and thoughts we have on the subjects presented: Someone at the hearing yells, “Black Lives Matters.” And the father of Jerome is going to sue the […]
Transformers meet Voltron
Transformers meet Voltron in Mech Cadet Yu Volume one by Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa and Triona Farrell. I would like to point out when I say Transformer and Voltron I do not mean the modern-day versions but the awesome 1980s versions I grew up on. The story itself is totally today, but still the creators are paying honor to the classics. The story is every few years giant robots from outer space come to bond with cadets from the Sky Corps Academy. Sixty-years ago, the […]
What can I say about Between the Bridge and the River that has not been said before?
And with a close of this book I made the last Bingo book before the deadline! #cbr10bingo is now complete! What can I say about Between the Bridge and the River that has not been said before? I purposely did not read anything about this book before reading it. Sadly, now I wish I had found this book before the book club discussion. I would have a few things to say. Therefore, I am just going to give my impression of the book (as we probably […]