Michigan Reading Journal Volume 46 Issue 1 Article 11 October 2013 Of Cabbages and Kings: Reviews of Books for Children Nicole Armstrong Shannon Dusute Julie Kayganich Tara Mulvany Nicole Podsiadlik See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj Recommended Citation Armstrong, Nicole; Dusute, Shannon; Kayganich, Julie; Mulvany, Tara; Podsiadlik, Nicole; Rener, Katie; Turner, Rhonda; Wunderlich, Maggie; and Zamborowski, Melanie (2013) "Of Cabbages and Kings: Reviews of Books for Children," Michigan Reading Journal: Vol. 46 : Iss. 1 , Article 11. Available at: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj/vol46/iss1/11 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Michigan Reading Journal by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Of Cabbages and Kings: Reviews of Books for Children Authors Nicole Armstrong, Shannon Dusute, Julie Kayganich, Tara Mulvany, Nicole Podsiadlik, Katie Rener, Rhonda Turner, Maggie Wunderlich, and Melanie Zamborowski This book review is available in Michigan Reading Journal: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj/vol46/iss1/11 Of Cabbages and Kings: Reviews of Books for Children by Nicole Armstrong, Shannon Dusute, Julie Kayganich, Tara Mulvany, Nicole Podsiadlik, Katie Rener, Rhonda Turner, Maggie Wunderlich, and Melanie Zamborowski Amani, M. (2012). Excuse me, I’m trying to read! (Ill. by L. Eldridge). Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. 32 pp. ISBN: 978-1- 934133-52-1. (Paperback); $7.95. It is easy to see why this picture book won the NAESP Children’s Book of the Year. The main character is a young African girl who is friends with wild animals.