Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: They Call Me Teach is a fictional story based on true accounts of enslaved African Americans turning to literacy as a form of empowerment. The narrative takes readers through a week in the shoes of “Teach,” a young man who was taught to read and […]
Finding Langston
Reviewed by: Kathleen Nganga Review source: Independent Book Author: Finding Langston is Lesa Cline-Ransome’s superb first novel. The book is about eleven-year-old Langston, a young boy from Alabama who moves with his father to Chicago in 1946 after the death of his mother. The move jars Langston as he is forced to grapple with a […]
Before She Was Harriet
Reviewed by CCBC Review Source: Cooperative Children’s Book Center Book Author: The skillful narrative’s imaginative and effective structure, in which Tubman’s life unspools from old woman back to childhood, allows the child audience to build on prior knowledge and emphasizes Harriet’s agency throughout her life. The many facets of Tubman’s life and the many roles she […]