Reinberger Review: Show Me A Sign
Audience: 8-12 years Review by Sarah Bihn (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool Mary’s family had lived on Martha’s Vineyard since the first English settlers arrived on the island, Read more
Tween
Reinberger Review: Six Crimson Cranes
Audience: 12-17 years Review by Sarah Bihn (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool As the youngest child of seven and the only daughter, Shiori is used to an idyllic Read more
Reinberger Review: The Unforgettable Logan Foster
Audience: 8-12 years Review by Sarah Bihn (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool After having been returned by six different foster families, Logan Foster does not expect to like–or Read more
Reinberger Review: Prairie Lotus
Audience: 10-12 years Review by Sarah Bihn (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool When Hanna and her widowed father settle in the small town of LaForge in the Dakota Read more
Reinberger Review: Charlie Thorne and the Lost City
Audience: 10 years and up Review by: Sarah Bihn (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool Charlie Thorne is one of the smartest people alive–don’t take her word for Read more
Ohio Deaf History Month
To observe the beginning of Ohio Deaf History Month today, here are six picture books and middle-grade books that are centered on deaf or hard-of-hearing characters. Picture Books: Dad and Read more
Reinberger Review: Aquicorn Cove
The author/illustrator of Tea Dragon Society and Princess Princess Ever After returns with Aquicorn Cove, a graphic novel that tells the story of Lana, a young girl grieving the loss Read more
Reinberger Review: Becoming Naomi León
Audience: Grades 4-7 Review by Kayla Hlad (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool When their mother suddenly turns up after years without contact, quiet and perceptive Naomi and her Read more
Reinberger Review: Efrén Divided
Audience: Grades 3-7 Review by Julia Stone (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool Efrén Divided received the Pura Belpré Children’s Author Award in 2021. Ernesto Cisneros writes with Read more
Currently Reading: “The Magic Tree House”
Currently Reading: To celebrate the birthday of Mary Pope Osborne on the 20th, we are reading the very first of the Magic Tree House Series. Fall in love with the Read more