April 8, 2018Tim Tingle is a Choctaw author, speaker and storyteller extraordinaire. The stories in this book take place in several states…
March 25, 2018What a novel way to promote friendship between two countries: with dolls! Dr. Sidney Gulick, an American missionary who lived…
February 24, 2018Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, over 110,000 men, women and children of Japanese descent were forced from their homes…
January 14, 2018Pam Ryan was inspired to write Esperanza Rising by her grandmother’s childhood experiences. Although it was written in 2000, Esperanza…
January 1, 2018Debby Edwardson wrote that this story was inspired by the experiences of her husband and his two brothers while at…
December 11, 2017The Detective’s Assistant was inspired by the life of Kate Warne (1833-1868), who is credited as being the first professional…
November 18, 2017Farming in the late 1800s was backbreaking work full of uncertainties. Worth describes the difficulties of farming, the fragility of…
October 27, 2017I did say I was presenting only one book per state, but once I listened to Crow I knew I…
