Finished reading: The True Ugly Duckling by Sandra Nickel 📚
A beautiful story of Hans Christian Andersen with stunning cut paper illustrations by Calvin Nicholls.
Finished reading: Hold by Randy Ribay & Zeke Peña 📚
Finished reading: Goldfinches by Mary Oliver 📚
Gorgeous illustrations from Melissa Sweet to go with a gorgeous poem.
Finished reading: Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish by Carole Boston Weatherford & Bagram Ibatoulline 📚
Finished reading: Bing’s Cherries by Livia Blackburne & Julia Kuo 📚
I love that this tells the story of a Chinese immigrant in the style of American Tall Tales.
Finished reading: Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers & Rebecca Lee Kunz 📚
🔖📝 Read The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page by Ronda Beaman (Literary Hub).
Some of the most powerful writing emerges mid-confusion. You do not need closure to begin. You need willingness.
I am just really leaning into my whole personality being BOOKS! 📚
📚🗨️ “…to be a librarian was to come as close as any human being can to sitting in the peak-seat of eternity’s engine.” Stephen King, It