
#weekendreads
Thinking of all those who have served while reading the tagged title this weekend. 🇺🇸
#weekendreads
Thinking of all those who have served while reading the tagged title this weekend. 🇺🇸
#HaikuADay
All the work bustle & travel lately & I‘ve caught a cold. Stopped for a bowl of Phở yesterday which inspired this haiku:
Ode to Phở
Steam lifts from the broth
Cold‘s healer, soother of souls
Solace in a bowl
#HaikuHive
LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT! Recognizing and accepting queer identity in the face of contentious cultural norms, fleshing out immigrant experience so that while the unique and possibly painful experience of immigration is not ignored, it doesn't try to be a monolith or fall into tropes, doesn't need to form the backbone of the story, interweaving fairy tales, 1/?
I love Vietnamese food, and this book is fantastic! Dặc Biệt means: extra special. So if you order a Banh Mi, and you ask for it to be a Dặc Biệt Banh Mi...it just means you are getting all the good stuff on it! I took some pictures of a few recipes from the pages…everything looks so good.
This is about 12 year old Willow Chance: genius, adoptee, orphan. A weird and wonderful kid dealing with grief.
Boots on the Ground: America‘s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge explores personal true stories of eight people in the Vietnam War. The stories include six soldiers, one military nurse, and a refugee. This book also includes stories from what was happening back in America as the war was fought. This book captures the intensity, hardships, and impacts of the Vietnam War.
“President Johnson agonized every time he had to send more men to fight in Vietnam…”
This book is appropriate for older elementary grades, and middle school grades. It tells accurate and true stories from the war in a kid friendly way, but also captures the seriousness of the war.
there will be boots on the ground if there's to be any hope