Author Spotlight: Robert B. Parker–Adding to the Legacy Fool’s Paradise by Mike Lupica Grudge Match by Mike Lupica Someone to Watch Over Me by Ace Atkins Author Spotlight/Mystery/Thriller: Robert B. Parker’s — Fool’s Paradise, Mike Lupica; Grudge Match, Mike Lupica; and Someone to Watch Over Me, Ace Atkins Some twenty-five years ago or so […]
Author Spotlight: Andrew Clements, Master of the American School Story Children’s Author: Andrew Clements, May 29, 1949 – November 28, 2019 With nine books with a Christmas theme, December is a great time to read an Andrew Clements book. Start with The Last Holiday Concert, a novel of Winterhope, the last sixth grade choral […]
Author Spotlight: Joy Harjo, 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States Poetry: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, Joy Harjo Poetry: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, Joy Harjo This autumn, Joy Harjo will begin her term as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States. She is the first Native American to […]
Author Spotlight: Richard Bach Happy Birthday, Richard Bach, June 23 Quote: Richard Bach, “Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we’ll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.” Richard Bach’s best known work is without a doubt Jonathan Livingston […]
