FREEDOM OVER ME, ELEVEN SLAVES, THEIR LIVES AND DREAMS BROUGHT TO LIFE by Ashley Bryan What is the value of one human life? Ashley Bryan, author and illustrator, contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of an individual’s hopes and dreams. In this picture book Ashley Bryan brings to life the… Read more »
Nancy Bo Flood
TALKING LEAVES by Joseph Bruchac
In the mid-1800’s a Cherokee man known as Sequoyah, invented an entire writing system for his people. The Cherokee still to this day use his system. Sequoyah realized the power and importance of keeping one’s tribal language alive. He observed that when a language cannot be written and shared, an alternative language is forced onto… Read more »
NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH and THUNDER BOY JR.
NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH and THUNDER BOY JR. by Sherman Alexie Celebrate National Native American Indian Heritage Month – all November – by celebrating Native American literature. Ask your library or bookstore for books written by Native Americans. See through their eyes. Listen to their voices. Here is a new picture book to enjoy… Read more »
ONE NORTH STAR, A COUNTING BOOK
ONE NORTH STAR, A COUNTING BOOK By Phyllis Root and illustrated by Beckie Prange and Betsy Bowen ONE NORTH STAR is so much more than a counting book, it is visual and poetic trip through Minnesota’s “bog and marsh, along river and lake, across prairie and into woods.” The images and words compliment each other… Read more »
I DISSENT, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
I DISSENT, RUTH BADER GINSBURG MAKES HER MARK (Simon & Schuster, 2016) “Speak purposefully and carry a big legal pad. . . . Read this and be inspired to work for justice through the legal system.” (Kirkus Reviews) About this picture book biography of Ruth Ginsburg, I don’t dissent, I agree. This is a powerful, important… Read more »
DIVE! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific
DIVE! World War II Stories of Sailors & Submarines in the Pacific: The Incredible Story of U.S. Submarines in WWII (Scholastic Press, 2016) Day of Infamy – the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United States declared war on Japan. How many naval submarines were ready for battle when war was declared? 44 subs, total. Most of… Read more »
Books that can change the world – #MGGetsReal
TODAY ReaderKidZ welcomes Shannon Wiersbitzky in a guest post about #MGGetsReal: “…there’s always a kid, sitting on a log, dealing with something tough …write for the kid on the log.” Show up. Sit down on the log too and maybe, just maybe, you’ll change the world…” Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery winner. As children, we all read books that talked… Read more »
