Review Source: Notes from an Islamic School Librarian Book Author: This joyful 32-page picture book is both adorable and educational. Layers of Hajj and Zamzam threaded through with the global reach of Islam, generosity, food, language, and a little girl with a big smile brightening every encounter, is heartfelt and tender. Each reading has me smiling […]
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 […]
Miss Rita, Mystery Reader
Reviewed by Sarah Goodman Duffy Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Reading is what? Fundamental! — Ru Paul Miss Rita, Mystery Reader, by Sam Donovan and Kristen Wixted, is a story that begs the question: in the wake of widespread challenges to DEI, is this what people are really afraid of? Miss Rita is the […]
Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park
Reviewed by Sarah Goodman Duffy Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Spanish edition available here. Barrio Rising is a lyrically illustrated account of a San Diego community’s collective action to build Chicano Park. Author María Dolores Águila grew up in a San Diego neighborhood not far from Barrio Logan that faced similar environmental challenges due to industrial […]
The Heart Never Forgets
Reviewed by Veronika Jenke Reviewed Source: Africa Access Book Author: The Heart Never Forgets, written by Ana Ot, is the story of a young girl who attends a celebration of ancestors without her grandfather, who recently passed away. This annual celebration brings together the entire town with music, dancing, and masquerade performers. But the little […]
Noor Needs to Know!
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Precocious Noor needs to know why the women in her family wear hijab, all in different ways that suit them just right. There’s Affa, the best sister and the coolest hijabi whose hijab is always wrapped stylishly. There’s Auntie Salma, the toughest hijabi, whose hijab […]
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