Maybe her gods are kinder than ours, and she will find rest.

An amazing historical fiction story about Greek life, war, and a devastating LGBT love story. This book does a great job at setting the scene and being able to easily follow along through imagination. I couldn‘t put it down!

She sang for everyone who had ever believed in her

I liked this book. I did not know much about Dolly Parton but this gave her life story and her passion for music

The rainbow flag now unfurled on farm, in suburbs, and in cities.

This book is about the LGBTQ+ community. It gives facts about how the rainbow flags were created. I think this is a great book to read to educate young students.

Painting in a way that no one has ever seen before.

This is a book about a true story of a man named Jackson Pollock. He was a painter and he made paintings that searched for a more quiet life than NYC. I like this book because it shows his work and create ideas of art based on his work.

The President listened quietly to notes that rose, swayed, rippled, and dipped like a bird in the blue sky above a green forest

This book was so cute! It was about a girl who played the piano and she was so good that she began to play around the world and became known as the piano girl. Overall an amazing story!

Maria had never sold her work before. She was amazed that people wanted to buy pots shaped by her hands.

This book was sweet and very inspirational! The character makes pots for lots of people by her own hands and becomes very popular as the women who makes pots that are shaped by her hands. It‘s a good women‘s inspiration book!

She knew that her people were always the last to be helped in a store.

Marian Anderson was one of America‘s greatest singers. This book demonstrates the challenges she faced growing up and her accomplishments. There is a color theme throughout the book in browns and copper. She was making her mark on the world pre civil rights.

Ben Franklin‘s first invention may have been swim fins

This was a biography on Benjamin Franklin and his life. The illustrations allow you to imagine the era he grew up in. The book is organized by the main events that took place in his life.

Pura fills the heads of the children with stories, their arms with books. Gracias, they say as they leave the library.

This a good book to support English as a second language learners. The story is a mix of English and Spanish words. The girl Pura explains how hard it can be to move to a new place and be surrounded by a language you don‘t know. Everything is so, so different.

Every Fourth of July, she was mesmerized by the fireworks in the sky. She was a New Yorker.

This a true story about a young girl named Areli born in Mexico and her parents moved to America for a better life. They were separated for some time then finally it was time for Areli to make her journey to America. She didn‘t want to leave her Abuela and the comfort of Mexico but she begins to understand her dreams could come to life in the new country.

This was a major turning point for Ada. She was excited to realize that math and imagination did not have to be opposites- as her mother had wanted so desperately to impress upon her- they actually went together!

I really enjoyed this book because it‘s an encouraging story about women in the STEM field. Ada‘s mom didn‘t want her to grow up with a “wild imagination like her father” so she planned music lessons and royal balls for Ada to attend. Her mom didn‘t want her to be an engineer. This is about being sure to follow your dreams even if it‘s not what other people want for you.

How he‘d crawl under barbed wire to run messages… and how he never gave up, not for a minute, no matter how much the sky exploded.

This was a phenomenal nonfiction book! This book talked about the life of a solider and a stray dog. He found the stray and brought him to war with him. They grew an amazing bond. The dog ended up helping on the battle field by passing notes. Such a brave dog and shows loyalty to owner!

Water fact: a person can live for weeks without food, but only a few days without water.

This nonfiction book could be applied in older grades as well as younger grades. It has universal meaning. It gave incredible facts about water on each page. It teaches children we are fortunate to live where we do because people from other countries struggle to receive clean water daily. It gives suggestions how we can help those around the world!

Word spread quickly on this crisp fall morning: stocks were in big trouble.

This story was about the six days in October of 1929 when the stocks plunged like never before. It describes those six days to demonstrate what really took place. This would be good book to learn about our country‘s history with young learners.

Helen was a jokester… clever comments, joyful laughter. Witty wordplay, smiling after…

This book was an excellent representation of Helen Keller. Children would like this book because it goes deeper into looking at Helen Keller‘s life!

From sunup to sundown sharks circle the shores, stalking their unsuspecting prey.