A first-round Elementary/Middle Grade Non-fiction panelist, librarian and parent, Ellen, still manages to find time to blog at On the Shelf 4 Kids. She recently read nominee Elementary/Middle Grade nonfiction nominee Viva Frida, by Yuyi Morales. She writes:
I like the way the visuals flow through Frida’s boisterous life and into a dreamlike state. Much like the wounded deer she often painted with her own head, Frida was a beautiful creature who was wounded early in life by polio.
Read the rest of the review here.