To prepare parents to discuss racism in the United States with their children, internationally renowned anti-racist educator Dr. Enid Lee recommends the board book Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, and Isabel Roxas. Lee, a Teaching for Change advisor, shares how she introduces the book to parents in the […]
Author Confers with SNCC Veteran on “Pies From Nowhere” Edits
We are pleased to share that there is a new and improved edition available of Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The new edition include edits made by author Dee Romito, based on feedback from SNCC veteran and Eyes on the Prize series associate producer Judy Richardson. Pies from Nowhere […]
Freedom Reads: We March
Welcome to Freedom Reads: Anti-Bias Book Talk from Teaching for Change. In this video series, we introduce children’s books using an anti-bias, anti-racist lens as a strategy to talk about issues around race and the world with children. (View other episodes on the series home page and our YouTube playlist.) The book featured in the video below is […]
Scholastic Tells Children: Trump is Great
Update Nov. 2019: Scholastic’s celebratory children’s books about Donald Trump are finally OUT OF PRINT, after thousands of teachers, parents, and students sent letters. Update June 2018: Scholastic issued a statement, defending the books without responding to any of the points in the review below. Read more in Despite National Outrage, Scholastic Defends Children’s Books […]
The Little Doctor / El Doctorcito
Reviewed by Elena Young Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Reviewer Elena Young is a volunteer with Teaching for Change and aspires to be a social studies teacher. The Little Doctor/El Doctorcito is about a child (Salvador) and his grandmother navigating the health care system in the United States. Salvador’s grandmother asks him to accompany […]
Heroes of the Environment
Reviewed by Lila Quintero Weaver Review Source: Latinxs in Kids Lit Book Author: This nonfiction book for grades 4 and up celebrates the environmental triumphs achieved by a dozen unsung heroes of all ages located in various parts of the United States and Mexico. I’m giving it star billing because I feel it deserves wider attention. […]
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