May 27, 2021
Ann Braden made a book out of heartstrings and glitter. FLIGHT OF THE PUFFIN, for middle-grade readers, is both tough and whimsical, following four young people who are hurt and alone — until one tiny, delightfully illustrated act of kindness connects them. Changes them. Changes their communities. Lifts them up.
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May 8, 2021
Today on READ TO ME, we love WHY SOLANGE MATTERS by Stephanie Phillips. We love the mix of history, memoir, music writing, future-dreaming, feminism, and punk. We love the love for Solange Knowles and her music. We love the celebration of Black feminism and Black feminist punk music. We love sentences that are clear...
May 3, 2021
Today we get to hang out with musician, fiber artist, medium,
radio host, and all-around star Jocelyn Mackenzie — a creative and
intuitive mind living in the body of a control freak with a love of
spreadsheets! ⠀
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And if you think those two things cannot possibly exist in the same
person, think again. Because she...