Tag Archives: books

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor released two new books, bringing her inspirational life story to children.

Author Thu Vo recently answered our questions about the new book 'Daddy, Am I Beautiful?', the first book in the Apple Tart book series, where young girl name Annabelle who is teased at school for expressing herself in a princess costume then discusses her emotions with her father. 'Daddy, Am I Beautiful?' is now available on Amazon.com as an eBook for Kindle, Kindle Fire, and Kindle App.

Everything you need to arm yourself and others against losing your Constitutionally protected right is in 'One Person, No Vote' by Carol Anders. Read it, read it again, then take action.

All the Women in My Family Sing is a memorable anthology of American culture (3.5 stars) and diversity within 69 essays written by 69 different women of color and edited by Deborah Santana as a strong soundboard for women's voices where the chosen works are positive and practical.

In 'The Comfort of People' anthropologist Daniel Miller continues his book series about material culture in a unique study of society, science, and health focusing on caretakers and hospice patients dealing with some form of terminal or long-term illness.

Science writer/scholar Mark Pendergrast continues on the tough subject of repressed memory in his book 'Memory Warp' (3.5 stars), which follows his 1995 book 'Victims of Memory.'

Author Jim McCreath answers our questions about his new book 'Renaldo: A Tale of World Cup Soccer, Terrorism, and Love' - a powerful story of love, political and cultural tensions and of the forging bond this special sport develops.

April is Autism Awareness Month and national award-winning children’s author and parenting/autism expert Julia Cook recently answered questions about her new book 'Uniquely Wired: A Book About Autism and Its Gifts' that focuses on a young character named Zak who has autism.

'Magic and Miracles: 100 Years of Moving Imaging Science and Technology' comes from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and is a highly recommended (4 star) hard cover reference book is full of visual technology history. 

This Walt Disney Pictures’ fantasy film, adpated from the 1962 award-winning Madeleine L'Engle novel, has good intentions with young characters challenged to “be a warrior” for the Light, but is notably underdeveloped and comes recommended with reservations (2.5 stars out of four).