Picture Book

Care Burpee

Sep 9, 20225 min read

Mary, Queen of the Scots

9 September 1543: Mary Stuart crowned Queen of the Scots When Shakespeare penned the line, “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” he...

Care Burpee

Sep 8, 20225 min read

Long Live King Charles III

I was quite literally awakened this morning not by my alarm but instead by the incessant buzzing of constant news notifications. As I...

Care Burpee

May 8, 20202 min read

Wild West in London

9 May 1887: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show opens in London, giving Queen Victoria and the English a look at real American cowboys and...

Care Burpee

Oct 14, 20192 min read

Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest

Chocolate: Riches from the Rain Forest by: Robert Burleigh Most books that I read and review are a result of a conscious choice based...

Care Burpee

Sep 29, 20192 min read

Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People

by Monica Brown illustrated by Julie Paschkis I was drawn to this book because a Communist Chilean poet seemed a peculiar subject for a...

Care Burpee

Sep 15, 20192 min read

I am Not a Number

by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer Illustrated by Gillian Newland Don’t let the picture book format fool you. This work gives a bleak...