Here are the titles and descriptions for the giveaway detailed on the group post. Picture Books 1 – Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood by Tony Hillery (ISBN 9781534402317). Harlem Grown tells the inspiring true story of how one man made a big difference in a neighborhood. After seeing how restless they were…
Book Giveaway For Brown Like Me in Boise – YA Category
Brown Like Me parents. Here are the titles and descriptions for the giveaway detailed on the group post. Young Adult Books 1 ) Class Act by Jerry Craft (ISBN 9780062885517). New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and…
Five Kids From All Around The World Are Brought Together in this Spy Series Stuart Gibbs Calls “A must-read”
A New York Times bestseller!A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection!“Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” —People“Will keep young readers glued to the page…So when do I get the sequel?” —Beth McMullen, author of Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls In this thrilling new series that Stuart Gibbs called “a must-read,” Edgar Award winner James Ponti brings together five kids from…
A Joyfully Poetic Board Book Stars Four Friends Who Celebrate The Beauty of Their Curls
A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to African American girls and the beauty of their curls. MeMorning Mirror Smile Shine bighair love This simple, playful, and beautiful board book stars four friends who celebrate the joy of their hairstyles from bouncing curls to swinging braids. Ruth Forman is the author of award-winning…
Discover This Emotionally Stirring Picture Book; An Ode To Black and Brown Children Everywhere
Tami Charles pens a poetic, lyrical text that is part love letter, part anthem, assuring readers that they always have, and always will, matter. This powerful, rhythmic lullaby reassures readers that their matter and their worth is never diminished, no matter the circumstance: through the joy and wonder of their first steps and first laughs,…
This Picture Book Biography Will Captivate Young Readers With Aretha Franklin’s Story
Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days in her father’s Detroit church where her soaring voice spanned more than three octaves. Her string of hit songs earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” multiple Grammy Awards, and…
Poetry Thoughts: What Do Students Think?
Welcome to this new series. Poetry thoughts will have excerpts, revisions and ideas from and about my dissertation. Let’s begin with an excerpt: CHAPTER I THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVE Mother’s Day My beautiful mother’s face Flowery perfume on her skin Laughter and happiness Fresh baked cookies made just for her My mom’s warm hug brings me…
Rocking Bed of Dreams
Rock your little one to sleep with a sweet ocean lullaby, in this lovely New Books for Newborns board book! Baby, you’ll sail on the waters. You’ll dive in the deep. You’ll dance in the moonlight while everyone’s asleep. In this melodic and aquatic New Books for Newborns book, a parent waits for their little…
If the morals you find in these pages aren’t exactly, well, moral…just don’t pay any attention to them!
Originally posted on Young People's Pavilion:
In this new edition of the classic companion to Tales for the Perfect Child, Sergio Ruzzier lends his signature humor to Florence Parry Heide and Sylvia Worth Van Clief’s delectably subversive fables. Genevieve is careless. Muriel is discontented. Phoebe is always putting off until tomorrow what she should…
A day-by-day, blow-by-blow account of one of the most well-known moments of the civil rights movement
I met Larry Dane Brimner in the mid 90s at children’s book circles in the National Council of teachers of English and the International Literacy Association. Following his work has given me a better perspective on my own self-identification and affinity group: African Americans, and our deep and complex history. Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 does…
