Roots & Wings

Roots & Wings by Many Ly features a young teen confronting her Cambodian past. Her mother has always remained quiet about the family's time in a community in Florida but when Grace's grandmother , Noree dies, her Mom decides to give her a full Cambodian funeral in Florida. The surprises don't stop for Grace as she begins to understand her mother, her past and the changes that are happening with her mother.

17 things I am not allowed to do anymore

17 Things I'm not allowed to do anymore by Jenny Offil & Nancy Carpenter features an adorable troublemaker and thinker who is always caught at her best. But the prohibitions does not stop her style as each idea is more outrageous and funny. It will make you laugh !

Barefoot: Poems for naked feet

Barefoot by Stefi Weisburd adds a joy to summertime with short poems about feet. From the tiny feet peeking out a baby picture to rubbing Mom's tired toes, this collection makes you feel like your feet are wonderful. The illustrations show single shoes lined up like sagging townhouses and frothy bubbles in a tub with toes peeking out.

Diamond Willow

Helen Frost continues her exploration of story and poems in this tale from Alaska. Diamond Willow, better know as Willow, is adventurous and good with her father's sled dogs. The shape of the poems is a diamond with a bold short text similar to the real Diamond Willow's found in nature that is a broken or hurt willow branch that forms the diamond shape on the bark. Willow in immersed in her family and yet she discovers they have secrets too.

The story has adventure, friendship and the poems make it fascinating to follow in the storyline and poetry.