Call Me Iggy is a sweet story of reconnecting with your history and culture. Iggy is Columbian but his father has never talked much about his life in Columbia or ever gone back. When he accidentally finds and opens his grandfather's urn, he brings his ghost to life, who begins to teach him. There are fun and silly problems (generational and cultural causes) but also an awakening in Iggy to the parts of his culture he is missing....as well as the parts hidden, like the troubles of illegal immigrants. This is set during the beginning of Trump's presidency, and the worries and struggles of the Latinx community are definitely discussed as Iggy finds the things he thought were true are actually not true for everyone. Highly recommend this title.
Cara Bean is an art teacher in a high school, who created this book in order to discuss and illuminate both the physical and emotional parts of mental health, as well as the differences between the things that are emotional and those caused by hormones and other brain functions. This book is packed with facts but in a fun and easily digestible way as illustrations can do things that words can't. I loved this book and think every library should have a copy of it....and every person should read a book like this to be aware of mental health, and issues that may come up.
Marble Queen feels like a traditional fantasy, but then it twists and changes a few things here and there; making it an interesting and well crafted fantasy adventure. One twist is the the princess thinks she is being married off to a prince in order to save her kingdom; but it's actually to the Queen. Another twist is the discovery of who is a betrayer, and who has been forced to help those in power (an element many authors miss, not everyone is helping out of choice).
I really enjoyed this fantasy story and hope that we get more stories in this universe as it was really well done.
Hope you enjoyed the book talks, come by the library and read some!
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