pickExcellent book about the broken systems and what causes homelessness in America. The author offers an excellent dive into these systems and discusses ways that anyone can be involved and help. A must read!
pickExcellent book about the broken systems and what causes homelessness in America. The author offers an excellent dive into these systems and discusses ways that anyone can be involved and help. A must read!
I had a great December reading month, buoyed by days off at the end if the month. I finished 22 books A couple were short stories & the cumulation of a year-long daily read but I also had one chunkster of an audiobook.
I finished books for #SundayBuddyRead #ChildrensClassicRead2025 #NancyDrewBR
#BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #MonthlyNonFiction #ThematicCozies
#FictionalTraveler #Rol|100 (3) #AuthorAMonth
#Naturalitsy & #SeriesLove2025
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pickAn absolutely fascinating and infuriating read on how the US is failing to support the most vulnerable of populations, people dealing with homelessness.
This was quite the eye opening deep dive into the circumstances that can result in people losing their homes, as well as the many different ways that the systems meant to address the situation fail. But it also puts forward different solutions from individual to systemic reorganization.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗
pickWow, this book was incredible (and incredibly distressing). I was considering it a work of journalism (and it is) the whole way through. Only as I was finishing did I learn Goldstone has a PhD in anthropology, and it SHOWS. The depth of the profiles he includes was super impressive, as were the connections he made throughout to the policy failures and social issues that created and sustain our terrible housing crisis.
pickNominated for the 2026 Washington Children's Choice Award ?? I've read this book to all my K-5 classes. We have a core value, "We all belong". And this book spoke to that. We will revisit the book soon when the character trait for the month is empathy. 2 books this year feature unhoused characters and I worried they would be uncomfortable reads, but the students were interested and thoughtful. I ❤️ this book!
pickThis book was amazing. I didn‘t want to put it down. One of the best depictions of the experience of homelessness I‘ve ever read. Raw, honest and extremely clever. I loved the artwork that is included, I loved the storyline, the characters and the way the book flowed almost literally along with the Brisbane River. I loved Boy Swallows Universe but wasn‘t so enthralled with his next book. This one will keep me reading his books from now on.
pickMarvelous book about a Paris hobo and 3 little red headed kids who help each other. Would be a good Hallmark movie but without the romance!
pickSugar finds herself in foster care after her mom and her lose their home. While on the road, she adopts a little dog named Shush, who is going to be a helper dog.
I love that these books meant for kids do not shy away from tough topics that some children face.
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I picked this up somewhere, maybe at a Free Little Library and it looks promising. Makes me think of Gigot, the old movie, set in France. I like stories where someone helps orphans. It's a really old kids book.
