Review Source: Teach Pluralism Book Author: Our first chapter book read aloud this year was Save Me a Seat by Gita Varadarajan and Sarah Weeks. It’s an amazing book for so many reasons, and was the perfect first read aloud for our class. While we felt it allowed for natural segues into many of the beginning of […]
The Woman Who Outshone the Sun
Reviewed by Judy Zalazar Drummond Review Source: De Colores Book Author: In the The Woman Who Outshone the Sun / La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol, Lucía Zenteno arrives at a village, and because of her great beauty and her magical ways, all the creatures of the earth, air, and water — and the […]
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
Reviewed by Dora M. Guzmán Reviewed Source: Latinx in Kid Lit Book Author: DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK: Follow la vida y el legado of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. When she came to America in 1921, Pura carried the cuentos folkloricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home […]
Pura’s Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Pura’s Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories is itself a story of la gente, a cuento for and belonging to all children. In this book, children are taken on Pura Belpré’s journey of how she came to be a transformational figure […]
Gabi, Fragmentos de Una Adolescente
Reviewed by Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez Reviewed Source: Latinx in Kid Lit Book Author: DESCRIPTION OF THE NOVEL: July 24 My mother named me Gabriella, after my grandmother who, coincidentally, didn’t want to meet me when I was born because my mother was unmarried, and therefore living in sin. My mom has told me the story […]
Nana Akua Goes to School
Reviewed by Anastasia Shown Reviewed Source: Africa Access Book Author: Nana Akua Goes to School by Tricia Elam Walker & April Harrison is a splendid book! It begins with Zura being anxious about the upcoming “Grandparents Day” at her school because her Grandmother has unique face markings that she received as a child growing up […]
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