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1. Saint‘s Song by Garrett Leigh. Somewhere in England I‘ve never heard of and frankly didn‘t really pay much attention to. For broody, angsty, steamy reasons 🤣🤣🤣. 2. The last 5 â­�ï¸� read was actually the tagged kid‘s book. 3. I‘m excited for Alexis Hall‘s Husband Material.

Great text, chunked into small parts. The audio is the author, and I enjoyed hearing her voice. The real winner here is the illustration. Well done, Nikkolas Smith!!

A beautiful children‘s picture book to compliment the adult book. A young African American asks where her ancestors are from, her grandmother tells her a story. #booked2022 ~from a black-owned or -centric imprint or publisher

This is one version of The 1619 Project for kids, both centering slavery in the historical narrative but also discussing what came before and after. It starts with a young person assigned a genealogy project, which most kids will be able to relate to. I listened to the audio and it's told in verse with some repeating/emphasized phrases. I plan to read the adult version this year.

Whimsical,joyful,&heartbreaking,the book‘s illustrations & verse convey the humanity of the Ndongo people.Darkness descends when they are kidnapped & sail,chained to each other,under the deck of the White lion.â€�Packed in dark misery,/strangers chained together/These many people/became one people,/a new people/And that is why the people say,/we were born on the water./We come from people who refused to die.â€�A book of generations of resilience.

While I wait for my library hold for the adult book, I took some time to read this beautifully illustrated picture book written in verse. This is an absolutely stunning piece of work. #pop22 ~ a book you can read in one sitting #JumpStart2022

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Here are my hopes for this week. Ambitious given work, but some are just buddy read sections.

A starting point for children.

Review to come.

This is an impulse read for #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

#WrapItUpReadathon @keys_on_fire

Book 154 of the year.

This book is a young girl asking her grandmother where her ancestors came from and it‘s written in poetry. I loved it

Just finished the audio of this picture book. If the cover is any indication, I can‘t wait to see the illustrations. A great addition to school, classroom, & home libraries.
Anticipating great discussions during the #1619GroupRead coming in January. See the original announcement @4thhouseontheleft ‘s page for more info.