If you haven’t seen the reading list #Lemonade for Girls: In Formation over on Zetta Elliott’s blog, you might want to. She, Sarah Dahlen Park and myself collaborated to create this empowering resource. Our selections reflect some of the themes in Beyoncé’s visual album: self-love, African roots, spirituality, Louisiana, the history and culture(s) of the […]
By Dr. Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez “Before you go further,/ let me tell you what a poem brings,/ first, you must know the secret,/ there is no poem/ to speak of, it is a way to attain/ a life without boundaries” — from “Let Me Tell You What a Poem Brings by Juan Felipe Herrera […]
via Poetry in the Lives of Children and Young Adults — Latinxs in Kid Lit
Reviewed by Marianne Snow Campbell DESCRIPTION FROM THE PUBLISHER: Sixth graders Dominic, Loop, and Z stumble upon a new magic shop in town and can’t wait to spend their summer mastering cool tricks to gain access to the Vault, a key holders-only back room bound to hold all kinds of secrets. And once they […]
via Libros Latinxs: Nothing Up My Sleeve by Diana López — Latinxs in Kid Lit
Meet Marly: Marly Book 1 by Alice Pung; Penguin Books Australia. Ages 8-12. It’s 1983 and Marly is just trying to fit in at Sunshine Primary School. But being a refugee from Vietnam doesn’t make things easy, and when Marly’s cousins come to stay and end up at the same school, her friends make fun […]
The Pura Belpré Awards turns 20 this year! The milestone will be marked on Sunday, June 26, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. during the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. According to the award’s site, the celebration will feature speeches by the 2016 Pura Belpré award-winning authors and illustrators, book signings, light snacks, and entertainment. The […]
via Celebrating Pura Belpré Award Winners: Spotlight on Julia Alvarez — Latinxs in Kid Lit
By Marianne Snow Campbell Earth Day is here again! It’s a time to honor the natural world that surrounds us, consider how we can take better care of the environment, and take action keep our planet healthy and beautiful. In schools, many teachers and students will join together to read and discuss books with […]
via Celebrate Earth Day By Reading Kid Lit Books As An Ecocritic — Latinxs in Kid Lit
Some of the things I’ve been involved with probably stand out in your memory more than others. One of those things worth remembering has to be the Large Fears controversy. I was involved in it, but it wasn’t about me. While we remember it as being about Meg Rosoff, it really wasn’t. It was about the […]
via “Lesson Learned: Catching Up With ‘Large Fears’ Author, Myles E. Johnson” — Crazy QuiltEdi
A library at night is full of sounds: The unread books can’t stand it any longer and announce their contents, some boasting, some shy, some devious. — Helen Oyeyemi I am intrigued and unnerved by the thought of unread books talking while we sleep. What would my unread books say? I think some of them […]
via Book Bits: What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours — Highly Textured Librarian
title: Dorothy Must Die author: Danielle Paige date: Harper, 2014 main character: Amy Gumm young adult fiction We all cheered for Dorothy to find the Wizard and make her way back home to Kansas. We loved Glinda’s sparkle and the shine of the yellow brick road, but sometimes too much ‘good’ just isn’t all […]
The Pura Belpré Awards turns 20 this year! The milestone will be marked on Sunday, June 26, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. during the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. According to the award’s site, the celebration will feature speeches by the 2016 Pura Belpré award-winning authors and illustrators, book signings, light snacks, and entertainment. The event […]
via Celebrating Pura Belpré Award Winners: The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan — Latinxs in Kid Lit
The CamaraIfe Maktaba 