This week on the Butler Bookshelf, we are excited to read the final installment of Victoria Bond’s Zora and Me trilogy. In The Summoner, upheaval in Zora Neale Hurston’s hometown Eatonville, America’s first incorporated Black township, has Zora imagining her future past its borders. Bond’s fictionalized tale explores the end of childhood and sins of the past. For more great reads, check out the list below!
Zora and Me: The Summoner
Written by Victoria Bond
Published by Candlewick
Available now!
Superhero Gran
Written by Timothy Knapman and illustrated by Joe Berger
Published by Nosy Crow
Available now!
World Politics in 100 Words: Start conversations and spark inspiration (In a Nutshell)
Written by Eleanor Levenson and illustrated by Paul Boston
Published by words & pictures
Available now!
How to Write a Story: (Read-Aloud Book, Learn to Read and Write)
Written by Kate Messner and illustrated by Mark Siegel
Published by Chronicle Books
Available now!
Mr Brown’s Bad Day
Written by Lou Peacock and illustrated by Alison Friend
Published by Nosy Crow
Available November 10!
Everything I Thought I Knew
Written by Shannon Takaoka
Published by Candlewick
Available now!