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In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse

Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Joseph Marshall III is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux) tribe. Born and raised on the Rosebud Sioux reservation, he is the author of several books about Lakota people. Last year, I read his The Journey of Crazy Horse: A […]

I See Me

Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: I See Me by Margaret Manuel is one of those books that can be personalized by its owner. For example, the text on the first page is “I see me AWAKE.” Beneath that sentence is a blank line for me to write the […]

Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck

Reviewed by Deborah Menkart Book Author: Cuban American novelist Margarita Engle’s award-winning book of young adult historical fiction takes the form of poetry about the conquest and resistance. The main character is a young man whose mother is Taíno and father is Spanish. Pirates hold him captive and use him as a translator. After a […]

How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

Reviewed by KT Horning Review Source: Reading While White (Full Review) Book Author: Tonya Bolden recounts the 100 year (100 years!) history behind getting the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) built which started at a GAR gathering of African-American Civil War veterans in 1915 (1915!) with a desire to build a […]

Hope Springs

Reviewed by Jane Irungu Review Source: Africa Access Book Author: Eric Walters paraphrases a segment of his own philanthropic life through Hope Springs, a brightly illustrated picture book set in Mbooni, a semi-arid district in Kenya. Through the eyes of a child, the story line describes the challenges of living in rural Kenya where access […]

Grace for President

Reviewed by Katie Seitz Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Grace for President by author Kelly DiPucchio and illustrator LeUyen Pham rchronicles the political campaign of Grace Campbell, a smart and ambitious elementary school student who, when she learns that not a single U.S. president has been a woman, decides to be the first. Her […]