Children’s Book Review: Two Presidential Books from Time for Kids and National Geographic Kids
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES By: The Editors of Time for Kids Published: January 10, 2017 Publisher: Time for Kids Non-Fiction This small 9×6 inch book is packed full of information perfect for your middle grade through middle school aged child. Heck, I learned things from this book. It’s the perfect size to keep in…
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PROHIBITION IN EASTERN IOWA By: Linda Betsinger McCann Published: June 2014 Publisher: The Iowan Books Non-Fiction When Linda McCann would visit cemeteries, she realized she had stories to share while telling her granddaughter about their ancestors. In her research, she realized her family was a descendant of the founder of Shellrock. No one in her…
Read More Children’s Book Review: If You Were Me and Lived In Colonial America and The American West
IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN…COLONIAL AMERICA By: Carole P. Roman Illustrated by: Sarah Wright Published: April 28, 2016 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Non-Fiction Roman has expanded her IF YOU WERE ME AND LIVED IN… series from cultures and countries to eras of time. This take-off from her original series is much more detailed…
Read More Book Review: The New Trail of Tears By Naomi Schaefer Riley
THE NEW TRAIL OF TEARS How Washington is Destroying American Indians By: Naomi Schaefer Riley Published: July 26, 2016 Publisher: Encounter Books Non-Fiction Naomi Schaefer Riley is a Harvard graduate in English and Government and a regular columnist for the New York Post where her writings focus on higher education, religion, philanthropy, and culture. Her…
Read More Book Review: Stories in Uniform
STORIES IN UNIFORM A Look at the Heroics, Sacrifices, and Triumphs of Our Soldiers A Reader’s Digest Publication Published: May 2, 2013 STORIES IN UNIFORM is a chronological retrospective of the best military pieces Reader’s Digest has run; pieces that will make you weep, make your heart sing, inspire you, enrage you, and make you laugh. Beginning in…
Read More Book Review: THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS By: Rebecca Skloot Published: February 2, 2010 Non-Fiction Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine.…
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