by Rachel McGarry | Jul 28, 2022
Twelve-year-old Carol is not happy about spending the summer before middle school, in New Mexico, on a sheep ranch with her family. She’s come to help her family move the grandfather she’s never met, into a home for dementia. She not only learns about the sweltering...
by Rachel McGarry | Jul 13, 2022
Have you ever been told you were too wild? If so, this book is for you. If I Were a Lion starts with a young girl telling us: “I’m sitting in the time-out chair because my mother put me there.” She is clearly not in the chair because of her own actions! Her mother...
by Rachel McGarry | Jun 28, 2022
Trees are a wonder of nature. Trees stand still and silent year after year. But there’s a lot going on under the surface. When I look up at the trees, walking around my neighbourhood, I’m in awe of the full canopy above my head. I have so many questions which is why...
by Rachel McGarry | Jun 13, 2022
Harvey Milk had a dream. He wanted people to be treated equally. He wanted people to be able to love who they loved. He dreamed that gay people would be treated like everyone else. His dream changed history. In 1977, Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected...
by Rachel McGarry | May 30, 2022
All of us need to be cuddled and loved. And surrounded by friends. When Alexander the mouse meets Willy the wind-up mouse, he is so happy to find a friend. In hearing how much Willy is loved by everyone, Alexander realizes that people don’t care much for him and...
