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  • Ronnie Blair The best books that evoke the magic (and miseries) of childhood Book cover of The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Book cover of An American Childhood Book cover of Eastern Sun, Winter Moon: An Autobiographical Odyssey Book cover of Morningstar: Growing Up with Books Book cover of The Yearling
  • Jools Abrams The best un-miserable memoirs dealing with tricky family history written with wit and authenticity Book cover of Without Warning and Only Sometimes Book cover of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Book cover of My Name Is Why Book cover of Lowborn Book cover of The Liars' Club
  • Marita Golden The best memoirs to read to learn why memoir can be both literature and art Book cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Book cover of All Over But the Shoutin' Book cover of Black Boy Book cover of A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story Book cover of Beautiful Country: A Memoir
  • Stephanie Hinnershitz The best books on one of America’s worst decisions during World War II: Japanese American incarceration Book cover of Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II Book cover of What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? Book cover of When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During WWII Book cover of Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II Book cover of The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
  • Ned Lecic The best books that demonstrate that children are people too Book cover of The Constitutional Parent: Rights, Responsibilities, and the Enfranchisement of the Child Book cover of The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada Book cover of Bruno and Boots: The War with Mr. Wizzle Book cover of Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? Book cover of Birthrights
  • Charlotte Markey The best books for raising body positive kids Book cover of Body Happy Kids: How to help children and teens love the skin they're in Book cover of Raising Body Positive Teens: A Parent's Guide to Diet-Free Living, Exercise, and Body Image Book cover of How to Raise an Intuitive Eater: Raising the Next Generation with Food and Body Confidence Book cover of Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture Book cover of Diet-Proof Your Daughter: A Mother's Guide to Raising Girls Who Have Happy, Healthy Relationships with Food and Body
  • Patrick Doherty The best memoirs of an Irish childhood Book cover of Country Girl: A Memoir Book cover of Autobiography of a Child Book cover of That Unearthly Valley: A Donegal Childhood Book cover of All Will Be Well: A Memoir Book cover of The Speckled People
  • Kathryn Williams The best books for wild women desperately seeking adventure Book cover of Out of Africa Book cover of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood Book cover of West with the Night: A Memoir Book cover of The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood Book cover of I Dreamed of Africa
  • Robert E. Kreig The best suspense books to lose yourself in Book cover of Ice Station Book cover of The Chimera Vector Book cover of The Chain Book cover of The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings Book cover of It
  • Jonathan Kieran The best fantasy books that feature childlike mischief and frights that’ll make you pull the bedcovers up a little closer Book cover of Mischief in Fez Book cover of Coraline Book cover of The Thief of Always: A Fable Book cover of A High Wind in Jamaica Book cover of Witches Abroad
  • John Wilson The best memoirs of lost childhood Book cover of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood Book cover of Angela's Ashes Book cover of Cider with Rosie Book cover of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Book cover of Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
  • Lynn Alsup The best memoirs that crack open an unknown, brutal, and beautiful world Book cover of The Liars' Club Book cover of The Glass Castle Book cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Book cover of Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of Loss and Transformation Book cover of Autumn Light: Japan's Season of Fire and Farewells
  • Jack Gantos The best books about what drives us to survive and tell the story that keeps another soul alive Book cover of This Boy's Life: A Memoir Book cover of The Car Thief Book cover of The Basketball Diaries: The Classic about Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets Book cover of This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen Book cover of The Street of Crocodiles
  • Karen Gray Ruelle The most beautiful children's books about unusual true tales of courage during the Holocaust Book cover of The Harmonica Book cover of Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero Book cover of Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued Book cover of The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey Book cover of Odette's Secrets
  • Tami Lewis Brown The best books for inspiring your young scientist Book cover of Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil Degrasse Tyson Book cover of Me... Jane Book cover of Beatrix Potter, Scientist Book cover of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Book cover of Awesome Science Experiments for Kids: 100+ Fun STEAM Projects and Why They Work
  • Mara Rockliff The best picture books about civil rights heroes (besides Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks) Book cover of Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Book cover of Child of the Civil Rights Movement Book cover of Someday Is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-Ins Book cover of Lizzie Demands a Seat! Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights Book cover of Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
  • Lori Banov Kaufmann The best Jewish books you'll ever read Book cover of The Red Tent Book cover of A Tale of Love and Darkness Book cover of Night Book cover of Enemies: A Love Story Book cover of The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary
  • Adele Myers The best books about strong Southern women Book cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Book cover of Steel Magnolias Book cover of The Liars' Club Book cover of Surviving Savannah Book cover of Shadows of Pecan Hollow: A Novel
  • Sally Jenkins The best life-affirming novels Book cover of A Man Called Ove Book cover of Lost Property Book cover of The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Book cover of The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes Book cover of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
  • Leilani Graceffa The best books that highlight the terrifying aspects of life Book cover of Night Book cover of Bad Dreams Book cover of Gathering Blue Book cover of Because of Winn-Dixie Book cover of The Boxcar Children
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