Pemba's Song is a story about a girl named Pemba who discovers a special gift: She sees ghosts.In the begining of the book we are introduced to Pemba and her mother. Pemba is upset with her mom, because she is moving her away from Brooklyn and her friends to a small town in Connecticut where her ...
Need proof that this picture book ain't for your standard picture book audience (K-2nd grade)? An excerpt:Sometimes Snook watched the birds.The fairy terns, arrowlike white creatures,quick and agile, flew in mated pairs,dive-bombing the sea and flying homewith little fishes dangling from their be...
But we made weekly Saturday morning drives through neighborhoods, on interstates, in malls, behind slow tractors pulling loads of hay on little narrow winding country roads . . . sometimes not talking, just bobbing our heads. Once, driving aimlessly...