Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Mama’s Roti is a moving picture book for young elementary children about the ways in which food connects us to our home country, culture, and community and an ode to the farmers who grow the food through harsh conditions and discrimination. A girl ruminates on […]
Music of the Bells
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Music of the Bells is a cheerful, informative picture book for young elementary children about Kathak Indian classical dance and the ways it connects a girl back to her homeland and serves as a bridge to Western dance. Though Neela now dances ballet, she hasn’t […]
Everything Grows in Jiddo’s Garden
Review Source: Notes from an Islamic School Librarian Book Author: This sweetly illustrated 32-page rhyming book starts off introducing a little girl living in one place and having a home in Palestine that she has never been to, but loves. The book then becomes pretty universal with her and her grandfather talking about what grows, his […]
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Laura Gao’s tender young adult graphic memoir, Messy Roots, speaks to the ongoing search for home, both as a physical place of security and as a mental state of reconciling with one’s identity and the quest for belonging. Gao pays homage to the Wuhan of […]
Mehndi Boy
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Mehndi Boy is an illustrated chapter book perfect for children who are just embarking on independent reading. The novel features an Indian boy living in Tanzania and his resolve to be authentically himself. Creative Tehzeeb loves doing artwork and once his cousin Rahima’s wedding approaches, […]
Miya Wears Orange
Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Debbie and I have talked with many non-Native educators who know the importance of teaching about hard aspects of Indigenous peoples’ history. Good teachers want to do it “right.” We try to impress on them that conversations about those difficult topics may […]
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