What i’m digging
musings on music, film, books, art, and pretty things.
2023
December 2023
Reading Lessons in Chemistry. A 13yo boy caught up in reading the Hunger Games trilogy. A 6yo slowly falling into a love of reading, via carefully sounded-out words and lines - current fave: Hop on Pop.
Viewing
Watching, solo: Inside, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,
Christmas: Your Place or Mine?
Violent Night - did not like. Tries to be a full-on Christmas Die Hard, minus the wit, charm, tone, and approach to violence that’s intense without being completely disgusting.
November 2023
Listening
06 - Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 1969
Viewing
Brooklyn 99 with Olders, season 1. Some days it feels so good to share laughter at the end of a day.
Foundation, season 1. Apple TV’s interpretation of Asimov’s massive narrative takes a little while to come together, but by the last couple episodes…the patience begins to pay off. Also watched solo: David Fincher’s The Killer. Familiar concept done very well.
04 - It’s time. Time for an Autumn Sound of Music Saturday night watching. All of us.
And The Burial with the elders.
Reading
The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun, translated by Sora Kim-Russell (2016). Incapacitated man is cared for by his mother-in-law after his wife dies in a car accident. He remembers, reflects, and tries to determine if his MIL is trying to help or harm…
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis (1975, Newbery Honor)
Picture books of note
How to Catch a Clover Thief by Elise Parsley (2021)
If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don't! by Elise Parsley (2017)
If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't! by Elise Parsley (2016)
If You Ever Want to Bring a Pirate to Meet Santa, Don't! by Elise Parsley (2018)
Maggie’s Treasure by Jon-Erik Lapping, illustrated by Kellen Hatanaka (2020)
Roger is Reading a Book by Koen Van Biesen (2015)
This is Hong Kong by M. Sasek (1964)
This is Ireland by M. Sasek (1965)
Waiting for Chicken Smith by David Mackintosh (2018)
October 2023
Listening
10 - Alt-J’s Relaxer, Deafheaven “Brought to the Water”
Viewing
15 - Lanessa suggested Becca and I give Bad Sisters a trial run. We started the first episode early-early on a Sunday morning a few weeks ago and…hooked. Five sisters, one bad brother-in-law, whole bunch of stuff happening. Loving the dialog, relationships, and delicious vapidity of the antagonist and knowing what fate befalls him…but how, and what will happen in the aftermath?
10 - BlackKKKlansman with the Olders.
09 - Finished the last episode of The Bear, season 2 with Becca. The Christmas and Forks episodes are two of my favorites of either season. Fantastic ensemble.
07 - Spy Game. I’ve been waiting a long time to watch this gem of a little thriller with our older kids. One of Tony Scott’s best; it zips and zags and keeps you guessing as it hops back and forth between the present, where accused spy Brad Pitt is due to be executed in China in a manner of hours and between a Langley boardroom where his mentor, Robert Redford, is reluctantly pulled in on his last day on the job. It’s a testament to quality how the boardroom scenes are every bit as suspenseful - and more - than the prison scenes and action-filled flashbacks.
Foundation, season 1 (solo)
Reading
Weather: A Novel by Jenny Offill (2020)
The Bibliophile’s Devotional. I never grow weary of these little types of books. Do they make me hunger for what I have not yet read, watched, or listened to? Or wonder what I need to circle back to again? Yes, but they’re also comforting; both a reminder of what I have been gifted to experience, and a reminder of all the possibilities and created works out there yet to appreciate.
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami (very strange and unsettling; an interesting cousin to the also-unsettling The Witches, also from 1983)
Picture books of note
Leopold’s Leotard - Rhiannon Wallace, illustrated by Risa Hugo (2021)
Neck & Neck by Elise Parsley (2018)
-Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt (2006)
-The Old Man 0 Sara V. & Claude K. Dubois (2018)
-The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Width Violist, illustrated by Erik Blegvad (1971)
-Wednesday by Anne Bertier (2014)
Wild by Sam Usher (2020)
September 2023
Listening
Wait - M83
Moonlight Sonata
a lot of Taylor Swift
Viewing
Reading
Picture books of note
*Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever by Judith Violist, illustrated by Isidre Mones (2014)
Daddy & Me, Side by Side - Pierce Freelon, illustrated by Nadia Fisher (2023)
Grandfather and the Moon - Stephanie LaPointe and Roge (2015/2017 translation to English)
#The House in the Night - Susan Marie Swanson, pictures by Beth Krommes (2008)
I Want a Dog by Jon Agee (2019)
*If You Ever Meet a Whale: Poems selected by Myra Cohn Livingston, illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher (1992) poetry, ocean, animals
#Lucky - David Mackintosh (2014)
*One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Fairytale - Demi (1997) math, folk tale
*Room on our Rock - Kate & Joe Temple, Terri Rose Baynton (2019) perspective, immigration, clever
The Spooky Tail of Prewitt Peacock by Bill Peet (1973)
Sweater Weather - Matt Phelan (2023)
*Tight Times - Barbara Shook Hazen, pictures by Trina Schart Hyman (1979)
Together with You - Patricia Toot, illustrated by Jarvis (2022) grandparents, seasons
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom - Shane W. Evans (2011)
What do you say to a Dragon? A story about facing Fear and Anxiety - Lexi Young Peck, illustrations by Wendy Leach (
I read a book that one of the boys picked out at the library called “Brobots.” This one is called “Robots and the Mechanics Malarkey!” There are many puns and conflicts built around an armada of robots that are sort of a team, and thus…brobots. It’s a graphic novel for younger elementary set, I think, and it was very interesting to me, in the sense that I did not find it interesting, really, at all. I am fascinated how some things get published or made. No disrespect to the team that created this, good for them. I suppose there’s a certain respect to be given the illustrations, though it’s also not in the category of visual aesthetic I admire. There’s also a respect to be given for finishing something, so I can give that. Apparently this is number two in the series. In terms of interest, or education, or learning, or catching my attention in any sense, I cannot recommend it at any level. Somebody might be ready to burst in and remind me that I’m not the target audience. True. I have, however, read and absorbed many, many, many books along a diverse spectrum and age range, and try to keep myself open. I struggled to appreciate this however, and was blown away by the combination of blandness that seems to either be a catalyst for its success, or to have some other quality that has allowed it to succeed and end up on shelves in spite of its blandness. I am a fan of kids reading, and our boys enjoyed it. So that is that.
August 2023
Viewing together:
The Princess Bride.
Viewing with our Olders:
My Cousin Vinnie.
The Upside.
Silo. Loving, love, love. Please please Apple, spring for season 2. I enjoyed this future detective tale so much.
Richard Matheson Best. 33 short stories, so many gems, what an influence on so many, from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman to Spielberg and any number of sci-fi / horror tales.
July 2023
Listening. Lots of classical. Lots of jazz. Some 2000 Linkin Park. Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire. Long discussions of the relative merits and distinctions of her, Taylor Swift, and Billie Eilish. ABBA, always.
Dunkirk. First time with the Olders. Held up strong. Cillian Murphy’s 2014 haunted rendition of a shellshocked survivor, amidst a great ensemble, is an odd but interesting prologue to this summer’s Oppenheimer. 7/18
The Bear. Just starting season 2. What an ensemble, what a gritty fairy tale of people always fighting, always stressed, yet almost always somehow working things out at some point, to some degree, and getting each others’ backs - sometimes - when they’re done fighting. So good.
Mamma Mia! Outside on a summer evening. This was meant to be seen outside. Next time though: speakers to bring down the mountain and get everybody off their feet.
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (1974). How did I miss this? It’s up there with Catcher in the Rye and The Outsiders in tracking the feelings and feel of teens on the precipice of so much; their relationships and dynamics, but just as much, it reminded me of Animal Farm in its depictions of power, mob mentality, and the slippery slope of good intentions gone off the rails. To stand up for something, even when you don’t know for what purpose? We want to believe everything’s gonna work out. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn’t.
Resurrection (2022 film). Talk about on off-the-rails finish. Wow.
First episode of Sherlock with the Olders. First episode of Elementary with our oldest son. Different flavors of Holmes. It’s easy to get into ‘who’s the best’ arguments, but Doyle’s creation is like a great song: I’m game for different interpretations and flavors.
White Noise. Noah Baumbach’s interpretation of Don DeLillo’s ‘80s novel. Somehow, he films it and makes it work. Well, sort of: rarely have I seen a film with an assortment of wonderful scenes that doesn’t add up to the whole. I’m still not sure entirely what it was saying, but I don’t think understanding absurdist narrative is entirely the point. Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig are a blended family with precocious kids and ongoing fear of death. There’s natural disaster and the CIA and secret drugs and domestic drama all interwoven with existential dread that’s…funny and sometimes illuminating.
Picture books of note
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Hanks (1991)
Once Upon a Rainy Day by Édouard Manceau (2015)
Snowflake Bentley - Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian (1998, Caldecott Medal)
June 2023
The Distance - Cake
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Sherlock - S1E1 with Olders.
A 12-year old reading Ender’s Game. A 15-year old reading a Grisham novel.
May 2023
Assorted films & telly:
Inception.
Scrubs. Loving it with our Olders. There is a sincerity about it and a caring that finds a sweet spot between funny and sweet - and holds up a few decades later.
Listening
A Place in Your Heart - Ray Davies
Metallica - Master of Puppets (album)
Picture books of note
Accident by Andrea Tsurumi (2017)
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat (2017)
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (1985, Caldecott Honor)
Hey, Al - story by Arthur Yorinks, pictures by Richard Egielski (1986, Caldecott Award)
Arrow to the Sun: a Pueblo Indian tale by Gerald McDermott (1974, Caldecott Award). We read this a few years ago and I wasn’t blown away. But I like to circle back to certain types of film, music, art and books that I don’t resonate with the first time, but feel like there might be something I’m missing. So I finished it this time around with a 3- and 6-year old, and they both announced that they “…really, really loved it.” It’s still not high on my favorites list, but I’m intrigued and interested to learn more about what they're drawn to about this book; a moderately-text heavy book juxtaposed with fairly abstract imagery as a boy embarks on a series of tasks to prove himself to his father, the lord of the sun.
The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran, illustrated by Michelle Pereira (2023)
Clementine and the Lion by Zoey Abott (2022)
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James (2017, Caldecott Honor)
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? written by Derick Wilder, illustrated by K-Fai Steele (2022)
How Do I Love Thee? Jennifer Adams, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal (2018)
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (1995 Caldecott Award)
Penguin Problems by Jory John & Lane Smith (2016)
A House That Once Was by Julie Fogliano (2018)
A Normal Pig by K-Fai Steele (2019)
Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (2012, Caldecott Award)
Grown-ups Neve Do That - Davide Cali & Benjamin Chaud (2019)
Out of Nowhere by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (2020)
Shadow by Suzy Lee (2008)
Stop, Go, Yes, No! A Story of Opposites by Mike Twoy (2018)
Pond by Jim LaMarche (2016). I have fallen in love with this book. The illustrations of a group of kids exploring and building and discovering, all in the vicinity of a verdant little pond, is almost unbearably beautiful in its depiction of a slice of childhood that is nostalgia for some, slivers of memory for others, and vibrant dream for many of all ages. Gorgeous.
Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf: A Counting Story by Davide Cali, illustrated by Marianna Balducci (2022)
The Upside Down Hat by Stephen Barr, illustrated by Gracey Zhang (2022)
The Wave by Suzy Lee (2008). For the second time in a day (see: The Pond) I have emphatically stated: I love this book after a first read. In this case, it’s a wordless depiction of a girl’s playful relationship with a wave at the seashore. Stunning and simple charcoal and acrylics that bring the spirit of childhood and play alive.
Other Books
Almost Invisible - Mark Strand (2012, collection of prose, Pulitzer Winner)
April 2023
Assorted films & telly:
The Last of Us. Slowly making our way through. Still. Increasingly impressed with Bella Ramsey as an actor.
The Lovely Bones. The heartbreaking reactions of the people around dealing with the murder of a 14-year old…the racing tension of the suspense build-up in several scenes: No! Do not do that! Thoughtful and imperfect and gorgeous and one that will stay with me.
The Middle. A feeling of sadness as our family slowly savors the last season.
Missing. The follow-up to Searching. Different world, different characters, same thrills as a teen tries to find her missing mother.
Prospect. 2018 sci fi slow burning thriller heavy on character, easy on effects, worth a watch. Bonus: Pedro Pascal is in it.
Rocky. The slow-building 1976 classic that opened the franchise.
War of the Worlds. Spielberg’s take on the classic. Some tension-ratcheting scenes and (another) solid performance by Dakota Fanning. Possibly the most anti-climactic of his movies; in the bottom third, but you can see where certain inspirations for A Quiet Place and World War Z came from, in terms of staging, sets, and escalating, claustrophobic horror from the supernatural.
Picture books of note
13 Stories About Ayana by Amy Schwartz (2022)
13 Stories About Harris by Amy Schwartz (2020)
A Small Thing…but Big - Tony Johnson, pictures by Hadley Hooper (2016)
A Year Around the Great Oak by Gerda Muller (1991)
Anna at the Art Museum - Hazel Hutchins & Gail Herbert, illustrated by Lil Crump (2018)
Animals Brag About Their Bottoms - Maki Saito (2020)
The Bad Seed - Jory John, illustrations by Pete Oswald (2017 - note: we have read this at least a half dozen times over the last week. It’s a big hit with ages 3 and 6 currently - and 46 :) )
another note: go ahead and add several Jory John books on this list. They find this sweet spot of funny, clever, and narrative, while still carrying some heart and a little messaging. They’re all wonderful:
The Cool Bean (2019)
The Couch Potato (2020)
The Smart Cookie (2021)
The Bear and the Wildcat - written Kazumi Yumoto and illustrated by Kodak Sakai (2011)
The Better Tree Fort by Jessica Scott Kerrin, pictures Qin Leng (2018). Go ahead and add this to your must-read list. A boy helps his dad build a tree fort. Then a neighbor’s dad has one built for his son that’s waaaaay better…for anyone who’s ever felt jealousy or envy or in competition with other parents.
The Book Hog - Greg Pizzoli (2019)
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak (1962)
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins (1986)
Giraffe Problems - Jory John, illustrated by Lane Smith
Goodnight Already! by Jory John & Benji Davies (2015)
How to Cheer Up Dad by Fred Koehler (2014)
I Feel Teal by Lauren Rille, illustrations by Aimee Sicuro (2018). A simple and lovely book about emotions and feelings and the different colors we float through every day.
Imagine a City by Elise Hurst (2014)
In the Meadow - Yukiko Kate, illustrated by Kodak Sakai (2008)
Look! by Ted Lewin (2013)
Me First! by Max Kornell (2014)
Miss Rumphius - story and pictures by Barbara Cooney (1982)
Once Upon a Mouse by Marcia Brown (1961)
Pie is for Sharing - Stephanie Parsley Ledyard, illustrations by Jason Chin (2018)
Pigs to the Rescue - John Himmelman (2010)
The Pirates Are Coming! - John Condon, illustrated by Matt Hunt (2020)
Pom and Tim by Lena and Olof Landström (2014)
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld (2018)
Something's Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear - Jory John, illustrated by Erin Kraan (2021)
Telling Stories Wrong - Gianni Rodari, illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna, translated from Italian by Antony Shugaar (1980, 2022)
This Beautiful Day - Richard Jackson, illustrated by Suzy Lee (2017)
Trying - written by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Elise Hurst (2021)
Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers (2010)
Vote for ME! by Ben Clanton (2012)
Waiting by Kevin Henkes (2015)
What There Is Before There Is Anything There: A Scary Story - Liniers (2006)
What to Do When You’re Sent to Your Room by Ann Stott, illustrated by Stephen Gilpin (2014)
What’s Your Personality? Francesca Potts (2018). A very simple opening to different personalities. Our family had a great time doing some of the little tests and talking about introversion and extroversion and such breakfast-time topics.
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Diane Goode (1982, Caldecott)
Will We Always Hold Hands? by Christopher Cheng & Stephen Michael King (2021)
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins (1974)
Other books
Alive in Shape and Color: 17 Paintings and the Stories They Inspired - edited by Lawrence Block (2017) A wonderful collection that is rooted in the mystery genre, but meanders out thoughtfully and broadly from there. A handful of gems, and very few skips
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay (2018)
The New Voices of Science Fiction - edited by Hanna Rajaniemi and Jacob Weisman (2019)
The Science of Herself (short stories and essays) by Karen Joy Fowler (2013)
March 2023
A playlist (from March 16)
This Old Heart - the Isley Brothers
Sweet Sir Galahad
Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody - Joni Mitchell
Waterloo Sunset - the Kinks
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
This House - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Late Night - Syd Barrett
Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain
If I Had a Hammer - Peter Paul & Mary
Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
Assorted films & telly:
All Quiet on the Western Front.
Arrested Development season 4. The writing and magic starts to fade, but the characters are still worth the watch.
Fall. Terrible, but enjoyable-ish thriller involving two women who scale a thousand-foot television tower, and run into trouble.
Interstellar. After a repeat view, still holds up as one of the best films of this century so far - and an all-time science fiction / speculative fiction classic.
The Last of Us.
Mission Impossible with our Olders. A fresh and fun beginning to a new franchise together.
Servant. The series ends. Not with a bang, but with a shriek and a whimper. Not saying it was a lousy wrap up, but it spent so long slow-burning and leaving you guessing, that I was hoping for a stronger resolution.
Shining Girls (Apple TV limited series)
Triangle of Sadness.
Picture Books of Note
! Exclamation Mark - Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenfeld (2013)
A Child’s Calendar - Poems by John Updike, illustrations by Trina Start Hyman (1999)
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal (2018)
Baby Says by John Steptoe (1988)
Bedtime for Bo - Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold & Mari Kanstad Johnsen (2022, translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson)
The Bug Club by Elise Gravel (2021)
Double Bass Blues by Andrea J. Lonely, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez (2019)
Dusk by URI Shulevitz (2013)
Have You Ever Seen a Flower? by Shawn Harris (2021)
Henry & Leo by Pamela Zagarenski (2016)
Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol (2016)
My Baby Crocodile by Gatean Doremus (2016)
My Bison by Gaya Wisniewski (2018)
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr (1987)
Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie by Kimberly and James Dean (2017)
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes - Art by James Dean, story by Eric Litwin (2008)
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood (1982)
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith (1992)
Thank You, Omu! By Oge Mora (2018)
This Book Is Not a Present - written by Max Greenfield, illustrated by Mike Lowery (2022)
Tiny, Perfect Things - M.H. Clark, illustrated by Madeline Kloepper (2018)
The Way Home in the Night by Akiko Miyakoshi (2015)
Uh-Oh, Baby! written by Nancy Coffelt, illustrated by Scott Nash (2013)
What If the Shark Wears Tennis Shoes? by Winifred Morris, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (1990)
The Wills and the Won’ts - written by Angela Woolfe, illustrated by Roland Garrigue (2022)
The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Kim Jihyun (2017) - solitude, peace, nature, forest
A Life of Color by Cara Manes, illustrated Fatinha Ramos (2017) - art, art biography, color, creativity
The King.Who Rained by Fred Gwynn (1970) - wordplay, words, dads
Frog, Where Are You? by Mercer Mayer (1969) - friendship, frogs, missing, childhood, play
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (1989) - dads, adventure, bears
Other Books
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (recommended by my SIL Sasha. some extremely uncomfortable scenes of violence; kept me going to find out who is committing horrific acts of atrocity, as a widow looks to unravel the secrets of her husband’s murder and her missing sister).
February 2023
Assorted films & telly:
Tehran. Started at 6am on a Sunday morning with Becca. Israeli agent ends up stuck in Iran…intense in first-season of 24 type of way.
Slow Horses. Gary Oldman is just a gem of a terrible hero at a branch of MI5 for losers.
Picture Books of Note
The Boring Book by Sinsuke Yoshitake (2017)
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say (1993)
Madeline and the Old House in Paris by John Bemelmans Marciano (2013)
The Old Man by Sarah V, illustrated by Claude Dubois, translated by Daniel Hahn (2018)
A Polar Bear in the Snow - Mac Barnett, illustrated by Shawn Harris (2020)
January 2023
Assorted films & telly:
Hit the Road. Iranian road trip film. Slow, moving, funny, poignant, and a distinct look at a culture and geography that are largely unfamiliar to me, yet against the backdrop of a family made up of people with familiar challenges and feelings. (just me, January 02)
The Fablemans. Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical take on his childhood and the role his parents’ relationship had on his interest in movies and storytelling. His ability to take take mundane incidents and endow them with qualities that are both familiar and magical is peerless.
The Last of Us (HBO series, episode 1, 1-17). I’m in. Sold on the post-apocalyptic setup, interested in the characters, very nervous suddenly about fungi.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. The darkest iteration by far. Well written, scary, beautiful, my favorite.
See How They Run. Underrated little 1950s-set murder-mystery, with a delightful pairing of Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan.
Music
Men Without Hats
Picture Books of Note
Art & Max by David Wiesner (2010)
The Bird Coat - Inger Marie Kjølstadmyr & Øyvind Torseter (2022, a serious and somewhat-shocking one, for a ‘children’s book,’ but deals with the nature of grief being a part of life)
Edward Hopper Paints His World - Robert Burleigh, paintings by Wendell Minor (2014)
Everybody Needs a Rock - Byrd Baylor, pictures by Peter Parnall (1974)
Flotsam by David Wiesner (2006)
The Fort That Jack Built by Boni Ashburn, illustrated by Brett Helquist (2013)
Freedom in Congo Square - Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie (2016)
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs - as retold by Mo Willems (2012)
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood (1985)
Lenny the Lobster Can’t Stay for Dinner…or can he? You decide! by Michael and Finn Buckley, illustrated by Catherine Meurisse (2019)
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present - Charlotte Zolotow, pictures by Maurice Sendak (1962)
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch (1980)
River by Elisha Cooper (2019)
Scratch Scratch Screw Plop! by Kitty Crowther (2015)
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (1969)
Tuesday by David Wiesner (1991)
Umbrella by Taro Yashima (1958)
We Shall Overcome by Bryan Collier (2021)
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge - Mem Fox, illustrated by Julie Vivas (1984)
Other Books
A 15-yo immersed in Where’d You Go, Bernadette?