“I cannot thank you enough for making our Common Reader Day so special. Kim’s kindness has been evident from our first connection. She has impacted 541 young ladies in the Northern Kentucky area in a very positive way that will be felt for a long time.” —Notre Dame Academy  

“It was a pleasure for us to work with Kim Michele. Her warmth and passion for libraries and reading are exactly what we all need right now.” —Arkansas Reads The Same Book, Arkansas State Library 

“The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek has been an integral part of my elementary social studies course for the past three years at the University of Texas at Tyler. The novel fulfills several elements of the course. I use the challenges Cussy encounters throughout the novel as reflections or writing prompts for my students; issue of prejudice and poverty predominate not only in the novel but here in East Texas as well. Students create a presentation on some aspect of the Great Depression that reflects their knowledge of the novel and Kentucky. My students have presented “Fire Side Chats,” recipes, advertisements, paintings, songs, etc. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek through its main character, Cussy has inspired my students to become better teachers.” — The University of Texas at Tyler, Robert L. Stevens. Professor of Education 

Our virtual event with Kim Michele Richardson was a tremendous success! Richardson was engaging, sharing personal stories from her research and writing process, and incredibly gracious. She welcomed questions from attendees and made us all feel like we were chatting with an old friend. Highly recommend! — Paul Sawyier Library, 2022