Really loved this coming of age graphic memoir about a kid being raised by his grandparents in Massachusetts. It was a great story and since the author graduated high school the year before me it was nostalgic as well.
Really loved this coming of age graphic memoir about a kid being raised by his grandparents in Massachusetts. It was a great story and since the author graduated high school the year before me it was nostalgic as well.
I adored this graphic novel—both the print version and the audiobook. How is it possible to make an audiobook from a graphic novel? Listen to it and you‘ll find out! Mexikid was a big winner this year: Newbery Honor, Pura Belpré Award for both author and illustrator, and an Odyssey Honor for the audio version. All well deserved. Hurra for Pedro Martín! (These great photos of his family are from the book‘s backmatter.)
Michael & Lyly hanging out today!
#SpringSkies Day 22: It‘s a #Tragedy to tell stories wrong. Lols. Book presents given to me by my PhD student who came to visit from Sharjah. The absolute sweetest.
Another sweet story from Puerto Rico donated to my library. This one is about home sickness.
A boy takes his Bubbe Rosa around Brooklyn and Manhattan as they shop for ingredients for dinner. She struggles with seeing new things in the place of old and her memories flood their conversation. It‘s a short read about a Jewish woman in the city, and I love the glimpses of her when she is young and her interactions with an old baker she‘s known for years.
In this fabulous graphic memoir, Pedro Martín recounts the time when he was 12 and his entire family—including 8 siblings—travelled in a motorhome from California to the Mexican state of Jalisco in order to bring his grandfather home to live with them. Adventures, misadventures, and poignant scenes too. I loved it. #MiddleGrade #comics for all ages.
March Readathons & Recent Reads: Indigenous, Canadian, Queer, Mexican,
Memoir & Middle Grade & Women in Translation,
Audiobook & Comics formats
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