Through the Looking Glass Book Reviews

As I write this post my seventeen year old daughter is making a witch's broom to go with her Halloween costume. She is going to be Kiki...

Soon after I started reviewing children's books, I encountered an alphabet book that was created by a small publishing house in Michigan...

When I first started reading today's book, I was sure that it was going to be depressing. A story about a young person who is cared for...

Many of us, when we see someone in trouble, tell ourselves that is not our problem, not our business. We don't want to be inconvenience...

Everyone has days when they feel blue and despondent. Things are not going well for some reason or another, and the future looks far from ro...

What feels like a long time ago I worked for environmental organizations, and environmental causes were dear to my heart. They still are, t...

There are some people in this world who think that books have no value; that they are even irrelevant in today's world. Stories, both t...

A little over fourteen years ago I brought home a sick, miserable little bundle of fur. Pippin was a puppy mill rescue and he became one of...

I have a special place in my heart for wordless books. I am attracted to them in part because they are such a pure form of storytelling thr...

I have a confession to make. I do not know much about the Hispanic community here in the U.S. I really have never had the opportunity to le...