a publisher that specialises in super-readable books by top children’s and young adult writers, has reissued Peet’s powerful family story The Family Tree as a YA novella. This poignant and ...

“Far From the Tree” probes these family ... on research, reading about racial identity in foster care and transracial adoption. In private adoptions, she tells me, “a white girl might ...

Reading together as a family nurtures all the usual literacy skills: comprehension, reasoning, language skills, etc. But a family book club can ... didn’t follow the girl?” ...

Smith opened Wishing Tree ... was a girl. She has donated countless books to different organizations around Spokane. Grant Elementary School, Odyssey Youth Movement, Maggie’s Place, Family ...