RED BIRD SINGS: The Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist Adapted by Gina Capaldi & Q.L. Pearce, illustrations by Gina Capaldi Imagine being eight years old and leaving home. Not running away, but leaving in order to learn to read and write. Zitkala-Sa, little Red Bird, left the Yankton Sioux reservation in… Read more »
Nancy Bo Flood
Notable Books for a Global Society
Each year the International Reading Association Selection Committee for Notable Books for a Global Society selects “well written books… in which children can see themselves…bringing stories that are engaging and compelling.” These represent books for all ages and all readers. Selections vary from poetry, fiction, and biography with age range spans from picture book through… Read more »
Working Together
Get ready… a new school year is coming up fast! A fun part of this time of year, besides gathering together school supplies and new-clothes shopping, is sharing books that get us reading and thinking. LEAH’S PONY and THE SUMMER OF HAMMERS & ANGELS are very different stories about how kids and friends, kids and… Read more »
Keep Kids Reading!
Summer is a time to read for FUN – whatever and whenever. When I was a kid I would hide a book under my shirt and climb up in my grandmother’s apple tree, away from chores and little brothers. My dad was a basketball coach, and to raise money for team uniforms, the players and… Read more »
Sing, Dance, Dream Poetry
“with a heart Like an angel… And songs in my belly I have to sing…” Choose this book and let your readers experience the connection between music and poetry, words and rhythm. Young people may not know Bob Marley’s name but many will recognize his songs. I AND I: BOB MARLEY by Tony Medina illustrated… Read more »
A Poetry Celebration!
ROOTS AND BLUES, A CELEBRATION by Arnold Adoff, paintings by R. Gregory Christie Arnold Adoff, an American scholar of Black America blues and poets, sings words, taps out images, stumps and fiddles with ideas. His new book of poetry is one to read and re-read: Each Word A Hammer Hit. Each Word The Solid Tip… Read more »
True Stories: The Mysterious and Amazing
Two intriguing and satisfying tastes in nonfiction are books that present culture and – very different – an “arm-chair” experience of natural disasters, past and current. MIRACLE: The True Story of the Wreck of the Sea Venture by Gail Karwoski. Readers may feel a bit seasick while reading about the storm that almost sunk the… Read more »
