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Mary Ann Cappiello, April 26, 2021 | Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books
deal for explorations of Native American history, U.S. history, contemporary current events, We are Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know offers teachers, librarians, parents, and young people the opportunity to fill in knowledge gaps and then act on that information in the quest towards justice.
Grace Enriquez, April 19, 2021 | Book Reviews, Poetry, Verse Novels
As an example of the diverse range of poetry celebrated throughout our world, and as a thought-provoking book to share at any time of the year, The One Thing You’d Save will entice your own students to consider what matters most to them and how the beauty of poetry can communicate that with others.
Erika Thulin Dawes, April 6, 2021 | Poetry
Children’s Literature Legacy Award Winner Nikki Grimes builds powerful connections between the past and present in her anthology featuring women poets of the Harlem Renaissance and her accompanying innovations on these poems. Use the poem pairings of this thought-provoking book across the school year to highlight the voices and experiences of Black women and girls or dive into the collection as a whole; either approach yields important insights into the human experience and forefronts the boundaries imposed by racism and sexism.
Denise Davila, March 22, 2021 | Announcements
Found: The Journey of The Lost Package The Lost PackageWritten by Richard HoIllustrated by Jessica LanhanPublished by Roaring Book PressISBN: 978-1250231352 Grades K and up At the heart of Richard Ho and Jessica Lanhan’s fiction picturebook, The Lost Package, is the tribute to US postal workers that can be seen over the entrance to the […]
Grace Enriquez, March 15, 2021 | Picture Books
As the world waits with anticipation about returning to the routines of pre-COVID days, Most Days is a gentle reminder across content areas that the “here and now” still carries tremendous value and fascination.
Katie Cunningham, March 8, 2021 | Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Picture Books
In Bear Island, Caldecott-winning author and illustrator Matthew Cordell affirms for children that they can find resilience and hope in the midst of grief.
Erika Thulin Dawes, March 1, 2021 | Fiction, Fiction Chapter Books, Poetry, Verse Novels
As his mother and father visit doctor after doctor and try meds after meds, ZJ aches for the time ‘before’ his father’s illness, a time filled with picnics, pick up games, and spontaneous dance parties in the living room. ZJ’s father is a pro football player who is experiencing headaches, mood swings and memory loss. Jacqueline Woodson’s latest novel in verse explores the impact of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) on tight end Zachariah ‘44’ Johnson, through the eyes of his twelve year old son, his namesake.
Mary Ann Cappiello, February 21, 2021 | Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books
Weatherford and Cooper’s fusion of art and history bring to light a shameful episode a century ago that allows teachers, librarians, young people, and their families to reconsider our present and reaffirm our commitments to anti-racism.
Denise Davila, February 15, 2021 | Announcements, Awards, Classroom & Curricular Ideas, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books
Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifer documents the experiences of a summer honeybee from birth to death. The combination of words and images invites readers deep into the hive, providing both an intimate encounter with the bee colony and with the 35-day life of a worker bee, aptly named Apis.
Grace Enriquez, February 9, 2021 | Fantasy, Fiction, Novels, Traditional Literature
Part magical realism, part folktale, part contemporary realistic fiction, Tae Keller’s Newbery and APALA Award winning novel weaves a coming-of-age tale that is heartrending, haunting, and hopeful.
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