Tag: coming of age

• Book Review: Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

  It would be hard to find someone on this planet who has not heard of the famous NBA superstar Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Even without knowing his basketball stats, Nike made MJ a household name and his Air Jordans the envy of every kid with a basketball and a dream. However, there are things about Michael…

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  August 2, 2025

  books

  basketball, book-review, books, Caldecott, children’s literature, children’s book, coming of age, Deloris Jordan, determination, hope, Kadir Nelson, Kwame Alexander, Michael Jordan, NBA, Newbery, perseverance, picture book, reading, Rebound, Roslyn Jordan, salt, Salt in His Shoes, Scholastic, The Crossover, The Undefeated

• Book Review: The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris by Evie Woods (a/k/a Evie Gaughan)

  The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris is my second book by Evie Woods, although I am a bit confused whether #2 is the chicken or the egg. I loved her first (?) book, The Lost Bookshop. It was the perfect blend of a dual timeline, half contemporary and half historical, with a dash of…

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  January 11, 2025

  books, Essay, food

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