The Restless Girls is beautiful read with powerful lessons for everyone

This fairytale "doesn't need a prince to save the day and instead is full of brave, resourceful, clever young women.”

Reading Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose, and talking about the Holocaust

I have a friend who won't read any sad books. When I recommend her books, I have to remember nothing horrific, just a happy story that she can escape to for a few minutes. Briar Rose by Jane Yolen wouldn't...