Reviewed by Katie Seitz Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: “I’m colorblind. Yellow, brown, green, purple – I treat everyone the same.” “We’re all the same on the inside.” Most of us have heard people profess their ability to look past difference by saying that, deep down, humans are all the same. While the […]
Salsa: Un Poema Para Cocinar / A Cooking Poem
Reviewed by Allie Jane Bruce Review Source: Reading While White Book Author: The first-person narrator (who does the cooking) has a child’s voice, and teaches readers about the history and culture embodied in red salsa. “[M]olcajetes were / our ancestors’ / blenders”, the narrator tells us, and later references Nahua, Aztec, and Mayan ancestors (who Tonatiuh […]
Me and Momma and Big John
Reviewed by Katie Seitz Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Me and Momma and Big John is a quietly excellent children’s book that deserves attention as one of the best of 2012. Told through the voice of her oldest son, the book charts the progress of St. John the Divine’s first woman of color stonecutter […]
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 […]
Gbagba
Reviewed by Jo M. Sullivan Review Source: Africa Access Book Author: This book is one in a series, The Liberia Signature Series, from the publisher, One Moore Book, which states as its goal that it “publishes culturally sensitive and educational stories for children of countries with low literacy rates and underrepresented cultures.” This picture book […]
First Snow
Reviewed by KT Horning Review Source: Reading While White Book Author: First published in South Korea in 2012, Bomi Park’s debut is a dreamlike picture book that celebrates the wonder of the natural world. When an unnamed small girl awakens to the first snowfall of the season, she puts on her boots, coat, scarf and […]