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Unspoken Prayers

…to ask for prayers about the unspeakable.” Phillips’ characters have rich interior lives that don’t always translate gracefully into their communities. Several stories in Sleepovers feature characters who aren’t from…

Making Sunshine, Nurturing Change

…the Ramona series (and all of Beverly Cleary’s books). The setting of those books is Portland, which is where I grew up. Those books were special to me because I…

Fascinated, Not Afraid

…works to ease her readers’ potential fear of the snake just as her own slowly dissipates. Certainly, she achieves this on one level by mentioning the ecological and medical good…

Rejoice in the Complexity

…even to experienced falconers. This extraordinary exchange between human and animal changed Macdonald’s life and turned her into one of our most vital advocates for recognizing and respecting the points…

The Glorious Pastime: Alan Gratz

…of Ryan Hart, a fourth-grade girl in Portland, Oregon, who is dealing with all the usual troubles of grade school life while her family struggles with the loss of her…

American Crow to Great White Shark

…wheedling call.” Divided into creatures of the air, land, and water, the collection is both personal and practical. Each of the 36 short essays describes the distinguishing marks of an…

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