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Crystal Williams

Content by Crystal Williams

  • A bird's destiny

    In his introduction, Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes, how deeply moving and poignant it is to think of what gave rise to Fly, Eagle, Fly! (ages 5-9) it was written for [author Grego Read more »
  • A wealth of knowledge

    The Biographical Dictionary of African Americans places loads of facts at your child's fingertips and helps her/him understand the diversity and wealth of talent that African A Read more »
  • New poetry for a new century

    The first National Poetry Month in the new century has wrought books with great things: an eclectic mix of words, forms, and perhaps most importantly, subject matters. Read more »
  • Review

    Circle of Thanks (Illustrations by Peter Catalanotto, Ages 4-8) is a wonderful fable for children and parents alike. Read more »
  • Review

    Review by Crystal Williams Hope loves going to the country every summer to visit her Aunt Poogee. Read more »
  • Review

    Issue: May, 1999
    Here is a book full of surprise and delight. Read more »
  • Review

    Issue: July, 1999
    Cheaters is a 368-page Jerry Springer moment. Both of Dickey's main characters, Chante and Stephan, are poster children for dysfunctional people. Read more »
  • Review

    Anyone who has followed the sleuthing of Kinsey Millhone won't be surprised to hear that Sue Grafton, in this 15th installment of what many people call the Alphabet Murder series, has been successf Read more »
  • Review

    Issue: May, 2000
    Tiel McCoy, the gusty heroine in Sandra Brown's Standoff, is like many protagonists: smart, ambitious (perhaps overly so), quick on her feet, and faced with a seemingly unreconcilable situation. Read more »
  • The poetry petting zoo

    Along with April showers comes National Poetry Month! Read more »
  • What Are You?

    Pearl Fuyo Gaskins, the daughter of a Japanese mother and a European-American man, has gathered the thoughts of over 40 mixed-race young people to create an empowering tool with something to say ab Read more »