For my Spring 2020 course, Literature for Children and Young Adults at Texas Woman’s University with Dr. Sylvia Vardell, I conducted reviews of books for children and adolescents. I do plan on reviewing other types of books in the future. I hope to develop my skills in promoting different literatures to a diverse population. Please follow along through the tag Book Reviews.
2020 Book Reviews for Literature for Children and Young Adults
- Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes and Illustrated by Gordon C. James.
- Draw! by Raúl Colón.
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
- The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell and illustrated by Jim Harris.
- Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky.
- Turtle Knows Your Name by Ashley Bryan.
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson.
- A Pocketful of Poems by Nikki Grimes and Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe.
- Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones.
- Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe.
- Terrible Typhooid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
- Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenburg and Sandra Jordan.
- The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman.
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein.
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang.
Alison Faith Young 