Tag: Bloomsbury Children’s Books

A Voice Named Aretha, an early elementary aged Queen of Soul primer

What’s great about A Voice Named Aretha is that most people will discover something new about the Queen of Soul from reading this book. Aretha is Aretha Franklin and A Voice Named Aretha is an illustrated book that’s about the talent that she was. One thing that this children’s illustrated book taught me was that her home often had luminaries in music and civil rights popping by to visit. Her father was a preacher in Detroit and it wasn’t uncommon for Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to stop in, as you do.

RESPECT indeed, this gives ages 4-9 a grand overview into the Queen of Soul

The Lost Tide Warriors, moves the candles forward a bit

The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle was filled with mystery, adventure and the sort of book that fills the imagination of middle school students and older. The Lost Tide Warriors is the second book in the series and does what very few books have done in that it gets better in our memory. While I was reading The Lost Tide Warriors I remember thinking that the first book was so much better. This book had its moments, the second half of it is effortless and very fun to read and middle school ages will still enjoy reading it.

The Lost Tide Warriors is the second in the book series by Catherine Doyle. It starts slow, delivers unexpected twists and moves the story along.
Middle school readers looking for middle-Earth type fun take note
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