The House on Mango Street: 25th Anniversary Edition What purpose does art serve? What inspires you to practice your craft? These are questions that aspiring
Bookin’ with Sunny is now linked with Barnes & Noble. We’re happy to let you know that you can hit their button and buy directly
While reading my morning online edition of Shelf Awareness, I spotted a nifty quote from Kelly Justice, the owner of Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia.
Tell me something I don’t know. It’s a good conversation starter whether you’re engaging with another person or, in this context, a poem. As I
“The answer my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.” So what was the question? At seventy-two, Bob Dylan’s hundreds of songs have become an iconic part
……..I bet you thought they would include “snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes.” Nope, a few of my favorite things? Heyday Books and Trains!
There are times I do not understand the marketing of books. By its hardcover price, $16.99, Two Boys Kissing is marketed for young adults. I
Award-wining author Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming may have been published for middle and young adult readers, but this is a book for every reader,
Those of you who regularly read my “Bookin’ with Sunny” reviews must be aware of my near obsession with point of view. I’m intrigued by
AFTER THE SHOT DROPS Randy Ribay delivers a morally complex narrative in his new young adult novel. After the Shot Drops follows the story of
A NEW CATEGORY – POEM BY POEM More than a year ago, I published a This ‘n That piece about a new category called The
BECAUSE THE LIGHT WILL NOT FORGIVE ME Shaun T. Griffin, inductee into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame, is known as much for his activism
I WANT MY HAT BACK, JON KLASSEN AND HATS Welcome to the wonderful world of children’s author-illustrator Jon Klassen. Klassen, a Canadian, is both a
ECOLOGY TALE FROM STAMFORD CT The Story of Little Pumpkin and his Pop in Stamford, CT Little Pumpkin: Wow, Pop, they finally took us out
WHAT IT TAKES What it Takes is a lot of grit to pick-ax your way through today’s entrepreneurial world. I have never reviewed anything that
THE PRINCE OF FROGTOWN The Prince of Frogtown is Pulitzer Prize-winning Rick Bragg’s third memoir. The first, All Over But the Shoutin‘, was written in praise
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