NATIVE REALITIES Think Comics. Books. Interactive. Native American authors and artists. Think Indigenous Comic Con. I am excited to introduce to you — Dr. Lee Francis IV and his publishing house – NATIVE REALITIES – an indigenous imagination company dedicated…
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Lucia the Luchadora Girl Power!
A review by our guest contributor, Rachel Funez — “Lucia the Luchadora, by Cynthia Leonor Garza, is a delightful story about a little girl whose dreams of being a superhero are dashed when the boys on the playground tell her girls…
NEON WORDS, Ten Brilliant Ways to Light Up YOUR Writing
NEON WORDS, Ten Brilliant Ways to Light Up YOUR Writing written by Marge Pellegrino & Kay Sather offers ten brilliant fun ways to engage young writers or to spark your own writing. NEON WORDS is full of ideas. If students…
NATURE’S FRIEND, the GWEN FROSTIC Story
“AS LONG AS THERE ARE TREES IN TINY SEEDS … THERE WILL BE MIRACLES ON EARTH.” Gwen Frostic, from A Walk With Me. NATURE’S FRIEND, the GWEN FROSTIC Story By Lindsey McDivitt and illustrated by Eileen Ryan Ewen GWEN FROSTIC…
Luca’s Bridge / El puente de Luca
DEPORTATION Families must decide. Stay and separate. or Leave the United States, the country that once was the land of “friendship and freedom,” the country that has been their home. Today. Many families- hundreds of families – are making this…
SMILE How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)
Charlie Chaplin fought his way to survive. His fought with singing to street crowds and then cavorting on the “silent screen” in a sad funny way that captured hearts. Charlie Chaplin became one of the world’s most beloved performers as…
UNDER WATER by J. L. Powers
UNDER WATER by J.L. Powers After her grandmother dies, seventeen-year-old Khosi must learn to survive on her own-taking care of her little sister Zi, making a living as a healer, and trying to finish school somehow. But everywhere she turns…
THE LOST FOREST – A PERFECT EARTH-DAY, EARTH-MONTH BOOK
How exactly does a forest get lost? A simple survey error? For nearly a century maps showed not a forest but the existence of a lovely lake. No one wanted to cut timber in a lake. So no one bought…
BIM, BAM, BOP … AND OONA — a very different duck story
Being different can be difficult especially if you are a duck that waddles instead of runs. Coming in last … last one to the pond, last one back to the barn is not fun. “Last is a blot on my…
MOON RISE by Sarah Crossan What Can’t Be Forgiven
MOON RISE by Sarah Crossan What Can’t Be Forgiven A YA novel in verse about a brother in death row. Unforgettable. Important story told in few words, told well. Seventeen-year-old Joe hasn’t seen his brother, Ed, in ten years. Ed…