“The boy in the bed was just fifteen years old.”
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#FirstLineFridays
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“The boy in the bed was just fifteen years old.”
@ShyBookOwl
#FirstLineFridays
so-soA fascinating work exploring the queens of Medieval England from Matilda of Flanders through to Elizabeth of York.
Very interesting! Dense, and I would have appreciated it more dipping in and out instead of reading it straight through. The best part though is the conclusion which examines the historical queens through the fictional lenses of Beowulf and Mallory‘s Arthurian saga. 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
“'No, no! My friends want you, instead. To come and visit them.' I said.“ This is a fun part of the book to stop and ask students what they think may come next. Throughout the story the character has brought animals to the King and Queen's castle so it will be interesting to hear what the students think will come next.
The colors and images in this book are very detailed and help tell the story that is left out of the writing.
so-soMay I Bring A Friend? by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers, 1965. A Caldecott Award Winning Book. This book deals with rhyming and includes bright colorful illustrations that keep children of any age engaged. Students will enjoy the rhymes as well as the detailed illustrations that add to the writing.
💙 I read every day, but the page count varies widely depending on the book, my mood, and my schedule.
💙 Empress of the East (tagged). I was so looking forward to an interesting history, but the author was far too biased.
💙 The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Thanks for the tag @Deblovestoread
so-soI was disappointed by this. The history is interesting enough, but there was clear Western bias on the author's part that I just couldn't get past.
pickA quietly beautiful and powerful queer coming of age novel set in a 1980s Pakistani American community in the Corona neighbourhood of Queens, NY. Told in vignettes, the story follows Razia as she makes and loses friends, participates in community Muslim events, and falls in love with Angela, a classmate. Razia's eventual separation from her family, community, and only world she's ever known is heartbreaking, because you know them all so well. 💔
pickSoft pick. I chose this particular book because I wanted to hear Boudica's story from the mouth of a woman who could be critical of sexist sources who used Boudica's story to further their own agendas. In a way, she reveals those agendas and some of their biases. But, for the most part, she simply retells their stories without too much criticism (where it was due). 1/3
