Maybe he still does, but I can't find anything after 2011. But for more than a few years, NBC's
Al Roker had a
book club for kids. One of the books that he chose was
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It. If the other books that he chose for his club are as good as this one, I am going to read anything Al Roker ever tells me someone to read. Brendan Buckley was available on audio download from my local library and I needed something. When I saw that
Sundee T. Frazier had won the
Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent in 2008, I knew I had to download and have a listen.
Man, man, man! This book was awesome! I loved Brendan, his mom, his dad, his grandma. Man, man, man. This book is so funny and so real and so amazing. The main story itself is incredible. But as a bonus, the stuff you learn along the way about
rocks and
minerals and
Tae Kwon Do, is so totally interesting and made me want to learn even more about rocks and TKD.
I am now reading Frazier's
The Other Half of My Heart and loving it. There is also a
sequel to Brendan Buckley's Universe, but after that, nothing. I hope that Frazier is still writing. She is incredible!
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