For instance, a child might laugh at a parent’s reading of the book because the child remembered the event in school: the time that B.J. Was it the book that generated the children’s laughter? Or was it Novak’s performance? Could an average parent reproduce the experience at home?Įvery question that came to mind raised further questions. Novak reading his book, The Book With No Pictures, to children in grades K-2 at a Long Island charter school. Still, something nagged at me as I watched a clip of B.J. The idea was novel and the kids certainly responded positively. Or at least it seemed that way to me at first when an article on the subject caught my eye. Follow her on Facebook at Jud圜hristie/Author.The Book With No Pictures is an intriguing name and concept for a children’s book. Stay well, reader friends, and enjoy the rest of July.īook columnist Judy Christie is the author of 18 books, including: “Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children’s Home Society,” the nonfiction sequel to the bestselling novel “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate. Kalb is a former writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live and has written for other television shows and for magazines. Her skills include reprinting transcripts of hilarious voicemails and playing with timelines so that her grandmother speaks to her from the grave. And, Kalb writes with an unusual storytelling style filled with a blend of emotions. Another appeal is what you learn about a slice of history through the recollections.

Part of its charm comes from the precise memories Kalb chooses to write about and the way these two women of different generations adored each other. It’s the kind of book that sneaks up on you, the story of the tender and fierce relationship between Kalb and her grandmother. This book was a surprise I stumbled upon it online and ordered it in hardback from a bookstore. One of the books I’ve enjoyed most during pandemic reading is “No One Will Tell You This But Me: A True (as Told to Me) Story,” a memoir by Bess Kalb. The next book in the Clara Jefferies series, “Her Final Prayer,” will be out Oct. To celebrate the series’ start, the e-book version of “The Fallen Girls” is available for 99 cents on such sites as Amazon, Apple Books and BN.com. As she investigates, Clara is forced to confront her own painful past and the horrors that once sent her fleeing Alber in fear for her life. To save her sister, Clara returns to Alber, Utah, a cultish enclave high in the mountains, and finds a town torn apart, her family in tatters, and a people still attempting to separate themselves from the outside world. Shockingly, no one is cooperating with law enforcement, not even Clara's family. A friend explains that Clara's 12-year-old half-sister, Delilah, has gone missing. Late one evening, Detective Clara Jefferies' phone rings on her desk at the Dallas Police Department.

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