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The Memory of Light

Posted on March 11, 2016 by AnEducationInBooks

There are a lot of dark themes in this book: suicide, depression, mental illness, difficult family relationships, and yet The Memory of Light doesn’t feel overly dark. Its mood is overall, one of hope and unconventional friendship. Francisco X. Stork has … Continue reading →

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News: An Education in Books wrote a book

Posted on August 10, 2015 by AnEducationInBooks

Dear Readers, Today’s interruption from the regular reviews of books is just that–an interruption (I intend to get back to reviewing books pronto). I wanted you to be some of the first to know that I wrote a picture book, … Continue reading →

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The Black Book of Colors

Posted on May 5, 2015 by AnEducationInBooks

Every page of The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin, illustrated by Rosana Faria and translated by Elisa Amado, is black with a short line of white print. Each line is also in Braille, and the pictures are raised like Braille … Continue reading →

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Tiptop Cat

Posted on May 1, 2015 by AnEducationInBooks

An apartment in Paris, a cat and a balcony equals a happy life for the cat who likes to watch the world from his rooftop perch. One day, he pounces on a bird outside and falls. Four beautiful full page … Continue reading →

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Little Red Writing

Posted on April 13, 2015 by AnEducationInBooks

There are never enough fractured fairy tales out there, and Little Red Writing by Jean Holub and illustrated by Melissa Sweet is more fractured than most. After all, it’s set in “Pencilvania School” and Little Red is a pencil, and the wolf … Continue reading →

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We Were Liars

Posted on July 8, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

What can I say about We Were Liars by E. Lockhart? It’s an amazing read. It’s suspenseful, psychological and there’s a surprise that makes it hard to review. The teens featured in this book are cousins (and one honorary cousin) who summer … Continue reading →

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The Fault In Our Stars

Posted on June 17, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

It’s always nice when a book that is so talked about actually surprises you with its goodness. The Fault In Our Stars is indeed a very good book, and although its characters are either cancer survivors or cancer sufferers, cancer remains on … Continue reading →

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Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me

Posted on April 18, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

Knock Knock by Daniel Beaty and illustrated by Bryan Collier is both beautiful and sad. A young boy plays a daily game of Knock Knock, Who’s There? with his father until the day his father is gone. The rest of the book … Continue reading →

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The Dark

Posted on January 28, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

A collaboration of Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen should be enough to pick up The Dark, an enticing picture book about a boy’s relationship with the dark. We all know in order to overcome our fears we need to face them; … Continue reading →

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Line 135

Posted on September 3, 2013 by AnEducationInBooks

A bright yellow train travels from the city to the country, from mother to grandmother and the child on it travels through black and white scenes of the world, real and imagined. She tells us how her mother and grandmother … Continue reading →

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