I am Brown teaches a lesson without even trying, because it’s so entertaining. While the underlying message is that people of color are definable in every way that humans can be defined, the fun of reading this book is what…
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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
This is my first experience with a Wonderbook. The obvious advantage to an attached recording of the text is that pre-readers can “read” the book by themselves. In this book by Traci Sorell, whose work has been reviewed on The…
THE SHARED ROOM
THE SHARED ROOM by Kao Kalia Yang, illustrated by Xee Reiter Until recently death was not considered an appropriate topic for a children’s picture book. Death, grief, sadness were “softened” by presenting the death of a pet, a wild animal,…
Home Sweet Home Written by Moira Butterfield and Illustrated by Clair Rossiter
Home Sweet Home Written by Moira Butterfield Illustrated by Clair Rossiter This non-fiction picture book explores the variety of homes around the world. Our world contains an enormous variety of houses for people around the globe to live in. Readers…
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…
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…
Guest post by Padma Venkatraman WHITE ROSE By Kip Wilson Pub date: April 2, 2019 Ages: 12 and up Publisher: Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcout. White Rose is a work of historical fiction that resurrects a story…
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman Kirkus Review’s bottom line says it all – “A blisteringly beautiful book.” Two sisters, eleven-year-old Viji and her younger sister, Rukku, escape from their abusive father and attempt to survive in the big chaotic…
GIRLS of the CRESCENT – TWO SISTERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Girls of the Crescent is verb and a noun. As a noun Girls of the Crescent website is a resource for readers – also teachers, librarians, and parents – looking for a good book that accurately features Muslim teens, especially…