Month: December 2019

Here’s a list of some of Lester’s and Katie’s favorite books from 2019. It was hard to choose only 10!

1. Becoming by Michelle Obama
2. Why Are All of the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum
3. The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World’s Most Beloved Neighbor by Amy Hollingsworth
4. On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
5. Heavy by Kiese Laymon
6. Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes
7. There Thereby Tommy Orange
8. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
9. Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
10. How we Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

… So we added another 10 for our favorite children’s books!

1. Just Ask by Sonia Sotomayor
2. Fry Bread by Kevin Maillard
3. Front Desk by Kelly Yang (chapter book)
4. Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
5. The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee
6. Maybe Tomorrow? by Charlotte Agell
7. A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy
8. Dasher by Matt Travares
9. 28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the Worldby Charles R. Smith, Jr.
10. Truman by Jean Reidy