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A review by l1brarygirl
Flying Lessons & Other Stories by
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Overall average rating for this collection: 3.7 stars
This was a great collection of short stories that are fulfilling the We Need Diverse Books in today's children literature. It gives us a good sampling of established, diverse authors, so hopefully young readers will search out these authors' main works if they liked the short story. I liked this collection on audio - it was performed by a full cast. Different narrators for each story and some of the authors even narrated their own pieces (I loved that!) Highly recommend for all middle school libraries and public libraries to add to their collection, whether it is the print version and hopefully this audio edition too!
Individual stories and ratings:
1. How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium by [a:Matt de la Pena|204966|Matt de la Pena|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1383138905p2/204966.jpg] - ★★★★☆
2. The Difficult Path by [a:Grace Lin|59390|Grace Lin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1252026944p2/59390.jpg] - ★★★★★
3. Sol Painting, Inc. by [a:Meg Medina|1373005|Meg Medina|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1501702888p2/1373005.jpg] (Read by the author!) - ★★★★☆
4. Secret Samantha by [a:Tim Federle|5446689|Tim Federle|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1330661042p2/5446689.jpg] - ★★★★★
5. The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn by [a:Kelly J. Baptist|15403221|Kelly J. Baptist|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - ★★★☆☆
6. Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains by [a:Tim Tingle|116578|Tim Tingle|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1374334883p2/116578.jpg] (Read by the author!) - ★★☆☆☆
7. Main Street by [a:Jacqueline Woodson|74640|Jacqueline Woodson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1327352477p2/74640.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
8. Flying Lessons by [a:Soman Chainani|780120|Soman Chainani|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1483891427p2/780120.jpg] - ★★★★★
9. Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents by [a:Kwame Alexander|326609|Kwame Alexander|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1459810611p2/326609.jpg] (Read by the author!) - ★★★☆☆
10. Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by [a:Walter Dean Myers|13291|Walter Dean Myers|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1230178601p2/13291.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
This was a great collection of short stories that are fulfilling the We Need Diverse Books in today's children literature. It gives us a good sampling of established, diverse authors, so hopefully young readers will search out these authors' main works if they liked the short story. I liked this collection on audio - it was performed by a full cast. Different narrators for each story and some of the authors even narrated their own pieces (I loved that!) Highly recommend for all middle school libraries and public libraries to add to their collection, whether it is the print version and hopefully this audio edition too!
Individual stories and ratings:
1. How to Transform an Everyday, Ordinary Hoop Court into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium by [a:Matt de la Pena|204966|Matt de la Pena|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1383138905p2/204966.jpg] - ★★★★☆
2. The Difficult Path by [a:Grace Lin|59390|Grace Lin|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1252026944p2/59390.jpg] - ★★★★★
3. Sol Painting, Inc. by [a:Meg Medina|1373005|Meg Medina|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1501702888p2/1373005.jpg] (Read by the author!) - ★★★★☆
4. Secret Samantha by [a:Tim Federle|5446689|Tim Federle|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1330661042p2/5446689.jpg] - ★★★★★
5. The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn by [a:Kelly J. Baptist|15403221|Kelly J. Baptist|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] - ★★★☆☆
6. Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains by [a:Tim Tingle|116578|Tim Tingle|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1374334883p2/116578.jpg] (Read by the author!) - ★★☆☆☆
7. Main Street by [a:Jacqueline Woodson|74640|Jacqueline Woodson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1327352477p2/74640.jpg] - ★★★☆☆
8. Flying Lessons by [a:Soman Chainani|780120|Soman Chainani|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1483891427p2/780120.jpg] - ★★★★★
9. Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents by [a:Kwame Alexander|326609|Kwame Alexander|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1459810611p2/326609.jpg] (Read by the author!) - ★★★☆☆
10. Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by [a:Walter Dean Myers|13291|Walter Dean Myers|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1230178601p2/13291.jpg] - ★★★☆☆