Take one second, just one, and imagine all the events happening to all the many people living in all the different countries around the world. In this award-winning picture book, each double-page presents an illustration that shows a place and…
Category: People & Places; International Reading Association; book awards
IBBY Honors Inclusion of all Voices in Books From Around the World
The International Board of Books for Young People – IBBY – held their international congress this month in Mexico City. IBBY introduced their 2014 Honour List, a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published books honouring writers, illustrators and translators from…
YES! WE ARE LATINOS
YES! WE ARE LATINOS By Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, pictures by David Diaz Voices! Power and pride singing in this book is felt in each of the thirteen distinctive narrative poems. Each poem is told in the…
Families Around the World
Marketed as non-fiction, Families Around the World is based on real families interviewed by author Margriet Ruurs, and told in the first person by a child in that family. Each geographical family gets a two-page spread in which colorful illustrations…
NEVER SAY A MEAN WORD AGAIN !!
NEVER SAY A MEAN WORD AGAIN, A TALE FROM MEDIEVAL SPAIN Written by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Durga Yael Bernhard What could be more universal than name-calling and fighting – between children or adults? What could be harder to…
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 &…
Human Rights & Children’s Books: USBBY & PEN
United States Board on Books for Young People, USBBY, and International Board on Books for Young People, IBBY, provide an excellent source of information, reviews, and lists of outstanding international books – an international celebration of diversity. Each year…
AFRICA IS MY HOME
AFRICA IS MY HOME, A CHILD OF THE AMISTAD By Monica Edinger and illustrated by Robert Byrd Monica Edinger skillfully – and delightfully – tells an extraordinary story through the voice of a young girl who experiences an extraordinary journey. …
DARE TO DREAM …CHANGE THE WORLD
DARE TO DREAM…CHANGE THE WORLD Edited by Jill Corcoran, illustrated by J. Beth Jepson What a beautiful collection of poems that inspires and challenge. We all have prejudices and we all have felt discrimination. Who has not been bullied, left…
Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education
Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education by Elizabeth Suneby is extremely informative, providing children just enough of a glimpse into the strange educational apartheid in Afghanistan. The Zabuli Education Center for Girls in Kabul is a…