Reviewed by Brad Manker Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: In Jasmín Pictures Home, three immigrant friends help a fourth find beauty, pride, and a sense of identity in her home country’s culture. When she moves to the United States from Honduras, the protagonist and artist Jasmín — feeling like she is “an island in […]
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Reviewed by Keesha Ceran Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: This summer, after reading the words below, I became undone. With steadfast faith and tender care, Emmett did recover, but the polio left a scar — an invisible reminder — a stutter of speech, From time to time, Emmett’s tongue and mind […]
Sleeping with the Light On
Reviewed by Brad Manker Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Sleeping with the Light On is a short chapter book recounting one family’s experience during the first days of the CIA-sponsored Guatemalan coup d’etat in 1954. The story is peppered with anecdotes about young protagonist Davico’s daily life in Guatemala City, such as his fascination […]
Forever Cousins
Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: As I turned the pages of Forever Cousins, I thought back to the early 1990s when we left Nambé’s reservation to go to graduate school in Illinois. Our daughter was three years old. She and her cousins were in tears. The always-present playing options […]
Freedom Bird: A Tale of Hope and Courage
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Following in the tradition of oral storytelling, Freedom Bird is a blend of history and folklore. Reminiscent of Roots, but targeted for children and inspired by The People Could Fly, Nolen tells the multigenerational story of the Wheeler family on Simon Plenty’s fictional plantation. The narrative […]
Abuela’s Weave
Reviewed by Brad Manker Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Abuela’s Weave tells the story of a girl (Esperanza) and her grandmother (Abuela), a tale of an older generation passing on a traditional artform — weaving — to a younger one. It begins in the rural Guatemalan compound where the two women live with their […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 28
- Next Page »
