Have you ever listened to a book read in Navajo? Probably not. What a special gift to give a child, to hear a story told in both Navajo and English. BEAUTY BESIDE ME, STORIES OF MY GRANDMOTHER’S SKIRTS is a treasure of words, images and sounds. Seraphine G. Yazzie, author, describes in storytelling style the… Read more »
Nancy Bo Flood
STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING
Catch a snowflake – on the flat of your hand, or maybe on the tip of your tongue. Remember what it is like to stand on the edge of the woods on a snowy evening and feel the chill, sense the hush. Robert Frost’s STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING is a beautiful book… Read more »
Monsieur Marceau by Leda Schubert
MONSIEUR MARCEAU by Leda Schubert and illustrated by Gérard DuBois At night on stage in Paris, Marcel Marceau, the greatest mime of all time, delighted crowds with his silent drama. But before he created silent magic on stage, Marcel used a different and dangerous type of silence to save many lives. During World War II… Read more »
Welcome to ReaderKidZ November: Biographies
Biographies are about people who have done extraordinary things and/or changed the world in some unique way. Kids connect with the fact that a biography’s subject, whether famous, or from far away, or even from the past, is just like them in many ways. And we can all be inspired by a glimpse of the… Read more »
EDDIE’S WAR by Carol Saller and PLAYING WAR by Kathy Beckwith
Families in Transition Perhaps nothing disrupts families more deeply than war. Young people go off leaving siblings and sweethearts behind. Parents return from war, changed. When a soldier is deployed, his entire family is affected. Our country has been in military conflict for over ten years. As children experience the many transitions that are part… Read more »
HOPE AND TEARS, ELLIS ISLAND VOICES
Ellis Island’s very first “processed” immigrant was fifteen-year-old Annie Moore from Ireland. She arrived on January 1, 1892 after two years of separation from her parents as they worked to save enough money to pay for her passage. Her story is one of many told with narrative, verse and photographs in this remarkable book, HOPE… Read more »
MOOSHKA, A QUILT STORY
MOOSHKA, A QUILT STORY written and illustrated by Julie Paschkis, Peachtree Publishers, 2012, ages 4 – 8. A quilt can be many things besides a cozy coverlet. In this picture book, MOOSHKA, A QUILT STORY, for Karla, her very special quilt that was sewn by her grandmother, is a friend, a companion and a story-teller. … Read more »
