Caryl Phillips, born in St. Kitts and raised in Leeds, celebrated his 68th birthday March 13. He is an author, playwright and professor. He is known more for is novels. Crossing the River was shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize. A Distant Shore won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers Prize; Dancing in the Dark won the 2006 PEN/Open Book Award.
Before the pandemic, I received a grant from Community Connections, a local grantmaking agency, to host a book club discussion. The goal of this grant was to engage students in book discussions and develop and/or enhance work skills. With this grant, I was able to purchase books for anyone who wanted to read and participate in the discussion. In addition, our DSA multimedia students applied their classroom skills. They recorded, edited, and posted video recorded the bookclub videos to fulfill the grant requirements.
These were the videos we were able to record and post to youtube:
“With the Fire on High” by Elizabeth Ascevedo
“This is my America” by Kim Johnson
“Not so Pure and Simple” by Lamar Giles
“Island Games” by Clint Chico
“Love Radio” by Ebony LaDelle
The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL) has released its 2022 Best Book list. This list represent the best fiction and nonfiction books published in 2022 that are historically accurate, authentically represent the culture, and well-written. The entire list can be found by visiting the site:
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. Format: Physical book + Audio Book Page Count: 384 Release Date: 03.01.2022 Genre: Young Adult Contemporary synopsis. Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and […]
book review: all my rage by sabaa tahir — Book Noted
. In our June 2022 newsletter, we have a guest post by author Cynthia Harmony about the importance of community, June releases, and recent reviews. Click here to access it: https://mailchi.mp/dad1785cd1d7/ziik0z85vf To get future newsletters in your inbox, you will need to subscribe. Click here: http://eepurl.com/hzptzX . Photo credit: TheoP Photography . .
Latinxs in Kid Lit’s June 2022 Newsletter — Latinxs in Kid Lit
Today, we would like to spotlight 12 Afro-Latinx creators in Kid Lit because: the Kid Lit publishing world is overwhelmingly white, the Latinx creators who do get published are largely white or white-passing, racism, anti-blackness, and colorism are systemic plagues in Latinx communities, in addition to our communities at large, and, as a result […]
12 Afro-Latinx Kid Lit Creators You Can Support Right Now — Latinxs in Kid Lit
title: The Poet X author: Elizabeth Acevedo date: HarperTeen; 2018 main character: Xiomara Batista YA fiction in verse Like Elizabeth Acevedo, the author of The Poet X, Xiomara Batista is Dominican American. I don’t know what other similarities exist between the two. I do know that The Poet X was Acevedo’s debut novel that has […]
I recently reviewed The Bridge Home and today, I have a wonderful interview with the author, Padma Venkatraman. “THE BRIDGE HOME is that long overdue promise. It was, indeed a very hard story to write, because in writing it I had to revisit some very painful times in my childhood and adolescence and that’s always a bit […]
title: Tight author: Torrey Maldonado date: Nancy Paulsen Books; 2018 main character: Bryan middle grade fiction Bryan lives with his parents and sister, Ava, in Brooklyn. Mom works in a social service agency where Bryan often spends time after school. Bryan truly loves his mom and enjoys spending time with her. He loves his dad […]
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Review by Jessica Agudelo DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: Telegrams to Heaven / Telegramas al Cielo recounts the moving childhood of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, who from an early age discovers the candor, light and power of the word, which he uses to pray and to write poetry, sending telegrams to heaven from his […]
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