Unknown Books? - Let's Read Them Club! discussion

Hello everyone! The winner for September's theme for children's books is African American Themed Books! So feel free to vote for the three books you wish to discuss during September!

1. Chicken Sunday

2. Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells: The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist

3. Ben's Trumpet

4. Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys

5. The Faithful Friend

6. Sukey and the Mermaid

7. Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp

8. Think Cool Thoughts

9. The Little Piano Girl: The Story of Mary Lou Williams, Jazz Legend

10. Roy Makes a Car

11. Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged

12. Up Home

13. Freedom Summer

14. A Sweet Smell of Roses

15. Ron's Big Mission

16. Follow the Drinking Gourd

17. John Henry

18. Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion

19. The Story of Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby

20. Goggles

Voting Ends: September 4

My top three goes to:

Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion

Sukey and the Mermaid

John Henry

Up Home

Roy Makes a Car

Ron's Big Mission

I vote for Ron's Big Mission, Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged, and The Little Piano Girl, because those are just about the only books on the list that i haven't already read. I'd also vote for Up Home, which I also haven't read, but it's not available in my library system and also not owned by very many libraries in the U.S.

Krista the Krazy Kataloguer wrote: "I vote for Ron's Big Mission, Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged, and The Little Piano Girl, because those are just about the only books on the list that i haven't already read. I'd also vote for Up Ho..."

It's really too bad that some really excellent Canadian picture books, like "Up Home" are so inaccessible in and for the USA.

Well, I'm going to try to interloan it anyway.

Krista the Krazy Kataloguer wrote: "Well, I'm going to try to interloan it anyway."

I'm sure you would love it.

I also have a hard time trying to get books that are not in the US libraries because they interest me, but if they win this selection, then hopefully I'll find a way to read them.