“It was a place that fit her perfectly. It would have been home to her all her life…if not for the trappers. But one day, her world changed forever.”
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“It was a place that fit her perfectly. It would have been home to her all her life…if not for the trappers. But one day, her world changed forever.”
"I will share whatever I can. After all, the more you give, the more you have. It is the only true thing I know.”
“You grow readers, expand minds, if you let them choose, but you go banning a read, you stunt the whole community.”
“In the United States of America, we eat 350 slices of pizza every second. How many have you eaten?”
“Speaking up for people who don’t have a voice is important…It's the right thing to do, even if it's hard.”
“For each of her talents, Leila had won a trophy, but she was saving a special spot for the most important one of all. Her dream was to win THE MAGNIFICENT WITCHY CAKE-OFF!”
Jama is a 12-year-old girl living in Kenya. She loves elephants more than she loves most people. Jama wants more than marriage and motherhood. She wants an education and autonomy.
Even though I crochet and don't knit, I've been excited for this book to come in, and it is as fun as I expected!
March is designated as Women's History Month and celebrates the wide contributions and achievements of women during the entirety of American history. What started as a week long celebration in 1982 became a month long celebration in 1987. It is the perfect time to explore a bit of history that you may not be familiar with!
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“From day one, it was full of visitors. There were no high fences, no locked gates. The workmen who built the park and the poorest immigrants from the tenements were as welcome as the wealthy people from the big houses.”
Olivia McAfee and her teenage son Asher are living in Olivia’s childhood home taking care of her father’s beehives.
“Forty years on one of the most elite assassin squads on earth and it finished like this, with a free cruise and a bouncy letter from a girl who signed her letters with hashtags.”
A thrilling and entertaining read that is sure to captivate audiences of all ages, Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi is set in a world where giant monsters, known as kaiju, roam the earth, causing destruction and mayhem wherever they go.
“It looks like something very BIG was here,’ Helga said, suspiciously. ‘Nonsense!’ said the Chieftain. “I know it was just a fox…and I know best.’”
With its roots as 7 day acknowledgement of the historical contributions of Black Americans in 1926, Black History Month became a month long celebration in 1976 under President Gerald R. Ford.
“It’s easier than you’d ever think—existing in plain sight while remaining largely invisible. That’s what I’ve learned from being a maid.”
When Groundhog Day came out in 1993, I doubt anyone thought it would kick off a new genre. But over the last 30 years, there's been a surprising number of conceptually similar, time-looping movies and books.
"Her mother's note said she was a bee, but Osmia wasn't so sure. She began to wonder if she was even a bee at all."