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Reviews

June 20, 2025 by Edith Campbell

review: The Singular Life of Aria Patel

Ahmad provides readers with a unique way to understand the complexities of life, and a compelling reason to figure things out: to get back “home”.

May 31, 2025 by Edith Campbell

review: The Gate, The Girl, And the Dragon

In The Gate, The Girl, and the Dragon, Grace Lin balances an array of elements to create a quick moving story that is captivating and believable.

May 27, 2025 by Edith Campbell

Review and a Pairing: A Hero’s Guide to Summer Vacation

This intergenerational book spins each characters’ grief together and then, gives them a hero.

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Messy Perfect is both a window and a mirror, showing readers how systems take away our individuality and the consequences faced by those who can’t find an out.

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These three teens know each other so well! In Constellation they are each facing situations and decisions that are difficult for them individually and impossible collectively.

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Picture Book Review: Miss Edmonia’s Class of Wildfires

November 28, 2024 by Alia Jones

What I enjoy about Miss Edmonia's Class of Wildfires is how it encourages children to see the museum experience as something they can ACTIVELY be a part of.

Picture Book Review: Milo’s Museum

October 26, 2024 by Alia Jones

“Museums hold all the things that people feel are valuable or important.” In the last few years, as I’ve thought more deeply about informal learning spaces, I’ve also challenged the assumption (and the marketing) that all spaces are meant for all people. How can they be, when so much has been built on stolen land, […]

Quick Reviews and Previews

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I’ve been reading and listening to quite a few books lately, but not taking the time to review them. I'm taking the time today!

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