THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN

Katherine Applegate

"I've learned to understand human words over the years, but understanding human speech is not the same as understanding humans."

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Linchtenheld

"Construction site, all tucked in tight, 
                             The day is done, turn off the light.

Great work today! Now...shh...goodnight. 

A Family of Readers

Roger Sutton & Martha V. Parravano 

"And poetry. Poetry! (Yes, thanks to a quirk in the Dewery decimal systems, poetry is classified as nonfiction in your local library).

MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING

Viktor E. Frankl


"So, let us be alert―alert in a twofold sense:

Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. 

And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake."

The book thief

Markus Zusak

"The day was gray, the color of Europe."

PERSEPOLIS 2. THE STORY OF A RETURN

Marjane Satrapi

"AH, THERE’S NOTHING LIKE IRANIAN TEA!
OH YES, ESPECIALLY WITH A CIGARETTE. DO YOU WANT ONE?
MOM!
WHAT? YOU KNOW THE PROVERBS: “PROSPERITY CONSISTS OF TWO THINGS: TEA AFTER A MEAL, AND A CIGARETTE AFTER TEA.”

PERSEPOLIS. THE STORY OF A CHIDHOOD

Marjane Satrapi

"I REALIZED THEN THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. I READ ALL THE BOOKS I COULD."