Marjorie Agosín is an acclaimed poet and essayist whose dozens of published works explore the lives of women and Jews in her native Chile and the struggle for human rights around the world. I Lived on Butterfly Hill (Simon &…
Category: Economic Justice/Poverty/Immigration
A Modern Tale of Migration: Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote
Photo journalist Sebastiao Salgado documents the movement of millions of the worlds people across countries and continents in his book Migrations. In the preface he writes about some things he came to believe after years of following and photographing people…
The JUNCTION OF SUNSHINE AND LUCKY
The JUNCTION OF SUNSHINE and LUCKY by Holly Schindler Auggie lives with her grandpa Gus, a trash hauler, in a poor part of town. Auggie is labeled by some as a girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Auggie…
An Undocumented Immigrant Looking for Hope: The Secret Side of Empty
As happened at the turn of the previous century, the new century has seen a massive migration of people from one country to another. Escaping oppression and war, the effects of climate change, or the lack of economic opportunity, the…
WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA HIT HOME
WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA HIT HOME Gail Langer Karwoski, illustrations by Julia Marshall Good news update! WHEN HURRICANE KATRINA HIT HOME was selected as a Notable Book for Older Readers by the Sydney Taylor Awards, the Association of Jewish Libraries. What…
DAZZLING BOOK – JOSEPHINE: THE DAZZLING LIFE OF JOSEPHINE BAKER
Today is a designated day for celebrating multicultural books for children. I chose a biography – just out – JOSEPHINE: THE DAZZLING LIFE OF JOSEPHINE BAKER by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Christian Robinson, Chronicle. What fun to read…
Young and Wrongly Accused
Years ago, my husband and I saw the documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, about three teenage misfits in West Memphis, Arkansas who were accused—and then convicted—or the grisly murder of three eight-year-old boys. Two of…
Writing Crossing Cultural Borders-An Introduction to a new blog series
This week’s guest post comes to us via Emily Jiang. Emily Jiang is a poet, writer, & composer. She is the author of Summoning the Phoenix, illustrated by April Chu, and published by Shen’s Books, an imprint of Lee &…
The Matchbox Diary
The Matchbox Diary not only has absolutely gorgeous, realistic illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline, it has an inventive story by Paul Fleischman. The great-grandfather and great-granddaughter, not named in the story, take a journey back in time through the old man’s…
Review: Boxers & Saints
While it did not claim the top prize, it’s easy to see why Gene Luen Yang’s latest work, the two-volume set Boxers and Saints (First Second, 2013), was a finalist for this year’s National Book Award. Like in his National…