On The Shelf 4 Kids

Libba Cotton’s story is filled with fated moments in time.   Had she not been working in a department store when Ruth Crawford Seeger’...

Katherine Johnson made significant contributions to NASA’s space program and yet, it has taken close to 50 years for that story to be ...

While I enjoyed reading about all of the animals that den and how and why they do so, I found myself a little bothered while reading t...

Maxwell Eaton has several books in the “The Truth About…” series nominated for a CYBILS award this year and so far, after reading “The...

Curiously, I found this book in my TBR pile last night.   And the day before, my daughter happened upon the movie, The Martian.   Whic...

I vividly recall the first time I heard the name Elsa Schiaparelli.   I was at the Art Museum in Philadelphia, but I don’t think (or r...

Steven Salerno’s artwork brings Harvey Milk’s face to light.   In looking at photographs (and being somewhat familiar with his story f...

Much like last year’s Dazzle Ships, while reading Spy on History: Victor Dowd and the World War II Ghost Army my mind was blown multip...

Every time I see this book title, my mind breaks into song, singing Angelica’s section from The Schuyler Sisters from Hamilton: I’ve b...

I could NOT put this book down.   It kind of reads like a supermarket magazine, actually, but in the best possible way.   All the behi...

Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers is a stellar exemplar of narrative nonfiction.   The story progresses naturally beginning with the...

I am accustomed to reading poetry by Laura Purdie Salas (I’m a big fan) and even poetic nonfiction but as she delves into a more tradi...

I LOVE this book.   But I don’t love that I’m left wanting more.   More resources to learn more.   The book seems to reference poo ...

On the heels of the blockbuster film, The Greatest Showman, The True Tale of a Giantess: The Story of Anna Swan (one of P.T. Barnum...

In looking back at Disney films, you may notice a dramatic shift in use of color that seems jarring and it was (jarring) to ...

I sure do love me some block printing and Holly Berry is clearly a master.   The spread that references the “dawn’s early li...

The day after reading “Margaret and the Moon”, I saw Lego is releasing a set of Women of NASA including Margaret Hamilton with...

Similar to what Jacqueline Davies (author of Lemonade Wars) shared at a keynote address two years ago.   Her mother didn’t e...

Javaka Steptoe’s use of reclaimed wood from Brooklyn to create his art for “Radiant Child” demonstrates a commitment to auth...

Anyone who has read my reviews of CYBILS nonfiction books in the past knows I am a particular fan of Elizabeth Zunon.   Her wo...