This month, we travel back to an abandoned farmhouse to re-imagine the lives of 12 kids who lived there, solve a mystery involving MMIW and the repatriation of indigenous ancestors, take a school trip to Paris and get enmeshed in a family curse.
time travel
Bookcase Bizarro: Children’s Book Reviews March, 2023
This month, we spend a hot summer's day transforming into animals, go for a long, steamy soak at a Japanese bath house, travel through time in a remarkable way, see how internalized racism can turn people into their own worst enemies at exactly the time they need to be their own best friends, and take to the Maine woods to search for a lost boy who can't speak.
Bookcase Bizarro: Children’s Book Reviews January, 2023
Children's book reviews by a children's writer. This month, we roll our eyes at clueless Dads, stand up to a bullying troll, face down racist microagressions, learn to listen to the horses, and travel back in time through a forbidden apartment.