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Denise Davila, January 4, 2021 | Announcements, Awards, Biography & Memoirs, Classroom & Curricular Ideas, Nonfiction Picture Books
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed BasketballWritten by Jen BryantIllustrated by Frank MorrisonPublished by Abrams, October 6, 2020ISBN: 978-1419741081 Book ReviewThe end of 2020 and beginning of 2021 heralds the opening of the NBA basketball season. As we enter the new year, we are reminded of the athlete activism that has changed the landscape […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, August 27, 2019 | Announcements
In August, sharpened pencils stand tall in cups and caddies. Crisp, marble notebooks are stacked in neat piles. Bulletin boards, carefully crafted with die cut letters, greet students. And books, intentionally selected, line library and classroom bookshelves. Everything feels possible. At The Classroom Bookshelf, we believe that literacy itself is about possibility. With this in […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, March 14, 2017 | Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Grand Canyon Written and Illustrated by Jason Chin Published in 2017 by Roaring Brook Press ISBN 978-1-59643-950-4 Grades K-8 Book Review Are you ready for a mind boggling trip through time and terrain? In his latest hybrid nonfiction/ informational fiction picture book, master illustrator Jason Chin takes us through the eons while we traverse the […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, March 21, 2016 | Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Ideas Are All Around Written and Illustrated by Philip C. Stead Published in 2016 by Roaring Brook Press ISBN 978-1-62672-181-4 All Ages Book Review Looking for the antidote to a case of writer’s block? Take a cue from author / illustrator Philip Stead and just take a look around. The Caldecott winning author’s latest picture […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, February 15, 2016 | Awards
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music Winner of the 2016 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Written by Margarita Engle and Illustrated by Rafael López Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2015 Grades PreK – 6 Book Review “On an island of music / in a city of drumbeats / the drum dream girl […]
Mary Ann Cappiello, February 8, 2016 | Awards, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans Written and Illustrated by Don Brown Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children ISBN: 978-0-544-15777-4 Grades 7 and Up In the interest of full disclosure, we want our readers to know that Mary Ann served on the Orbis Pictus Committee that selected Drowned City as its 2016 winner. […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, January 18, 2016 | Poetry Picture Books
Flutter & Hum: Animal Poems / Aleteo y Zumbido: Poemas de Animales Written and Illustrated by Julie Paschkis Published in 2015 by Henry Holt ISBN 978-1-62779-103-8 Grades PreK – 8 Book Review “Slithering / through the grass / the sinuous snake/ is writing/ a slippery poem / with his body.” The twelve poems in a […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, October 19, 2015 | Biography & Memoirs, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie Published in 2015 by Carolrhoda Books, ISBN 978-0761339434 Grades 4 – 8 Book Review “The House of Common Sense and the Home of Proper Propaganda” — also known as the National Memorial African Book Store […]
Katie Cunningham, September 28, 2015 | Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia Written by Miranda Paul and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon Published in 2015 by Millbrook Press ISBN: 978-1-4677-1608-6-51999 Grades K-6 Book Review One plastic bag doesn’t seem like many. What about when that plastic bag becomes two or ten or a hundred? In Njau, […]
Erika Thulin Dawes, September 21, 2015 | Nonfiction
Can We Help?: Kids Volunteering to Help Their Communities Written and Photographed by George Ancona Published in 2015 by Candlewick Press ISBN: 978-0-7636-7367-3 Grades K-8 Book Review George Ancona’s most recent photo essay provides a welcome counterpoint to the onslaught of troubling news we encounter daily. Focusing on neighborhoods in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this […]
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