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Rachel
My mother was the one who sparked my love of books. Long before school instruction, she sat me down and taught me to read. My childhood was filled with trips to the library and bookmobile to find great books. My first loves were The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lingren. Now as a mom and speech pathologist, I am constantly looking for good, clean books to use at home and in therapy. I enjoy reading many different genres, but my favorites are usually historical fiction. I married my best friend, the “boy next door”, and we have a beautiful little girl who we often find sprawled out on the floor, flipping through picture books. Together our family likes to swim, run and play tennis. Besides reading, I also love to bake, garden and travel.
Children of the Jacaranda Tree is a powerful and deeply moving narrative. The book follows a fictional extended family as they try to survive the years of political instability and revo…
The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley tells the tale of Constance and Emilie, two women deeply connected despite having never met. The book travels between two time periods and I overwhelmingly preferr…
As a speech pathologist, I was instantly drawn to Katherine Preston's debut novel. Out With It details Preston's life as a stutterer, yet it's so much more than a book about stuttering. Preston's…
As one of my favorite Bible stories, I couldn't wait to get my hands on Esther the Queen. Award-winning author H.B. Moore takes readers through Esther's eventful rise and rule as Queen of Pe…
Take a trip to Never Land in In A Blink, the first book in a new series from Disney. In A Blink introduces readers to The Never Girls -- four friends who mysteriously find themselves in…
"He was in the midst of the greatest undertaking in human history. He was in the middle of either the greatest victory or the greatest catastrophe ever known. Or both." Inspired by true events, The…
Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book is an exciting, imaginative and riveting read. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's classic The Jungle Book, this Newbery Honor winner follows t…
Journey to nineteenth century Washington state in Our Only May Amelia, a beautiful and touching Newberry Honor winner. Inspired by author Jennifer L. Holm's own family history, the book follows the mi…
The marvelous Maggie Hope is back in Susan Elia MacNeal's second novel, Princess Elizabeth's Spy. Brilliant and beautiful, with a knack for solving mysteries, Maggie is tasked with a new assignment --…
"But our lives have been scorched in some ways, right? Touched by fire? We all need new growth" -- Fitz in Waiting for Fitz Waiting for Fitz is a powerful book about love and hope in the …
"I am already fully employed, and more than fully, it is no small enterprise, to bring down a queen of England"                         &…
National Book Award Finalist Steve Sheinkin invites readers on a fast-paced, high-stakes ride in Lincoln's Grave Robbers. Well-researched, including many first-hand accounts, Sheinkin transforms this …