Classics, Nonfiction, and Children's Literature
The realistic fiction middle grade novel The Moon Without Stars by Chanel Miller (published 2026) is a coming-of-age story for any middle schooler who needs to understand and recognize their changing place in the world. Luna inherits stacks of books. As a result, Luna becomes widely read, well able to become the “book doctor,” who
D Is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet by Michael and Debbie Shoulders (published 2013) is an alphabet book that provides a depth of understanding to dozens of Native American groups and cultures. To be a read-aloud book, each page has a short rhyming stanza about each letter of the alphabet. Then, for the more
The titular cumulus cloud in Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld (Henry Holt, 2011) is small and seems insignificant amidst the other, larger clouds. When wind blows her to a desert area, she finds the strength within her to make a difference in her way. The illustrations of the friendly cloud are simple and endearing, and the ultimate resolution is
Claire at Kiss a Cloud recently called Eileen Chang’s stories “anti-love” stories, and I think that is an apt description. Eileen Chang, who wrote in the 1940s, captured relationships in her stories, and her perspective is unfailing bitter. These stories do not, for the most part, have happy endings, even when the man and the
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