Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Anisa’s International Day is a middle grade book perfect for upper elementary children looking to make their foray into more ambitious, independent reading. In this narrative, author Reem Faruqi shows readers the importance of having an open mind and checking their own biases. Anisa’s third […]
V. Malar: Greatest Host of All Time
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: V. Malar: Greatest Host of All Time is the first book in an early chapter book series featuring a Tamil protagonist from a remote farming village in India as she embarks on new experiences. This first installment revolves around Pongal, a four-day Hindu harvest festival. […]
Kirby’s Lessons for Falling (In Love)
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Kirby’s Lessons for Falling (In Love) is a touching young adult graphic novel that underscores the highs that may come out of the lows in life. From a complex sapphic romance to grief over the loss of a parent and from the pressure of being […]
Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School
Reviewed by Deborah Menkart Review Source: Rethinking Schools Book Author: This picture book tells the true story of a fight for access to public education by an 8-year-old Chinese American girl, Mamie Tape, and her parents. There were no public schools for Chinese Americans in 1884 in San Francisco when Mamie tried to attend the white […]
Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: This is a moving and thought-provoking middle grade historical novel set in British-occupied India in 1857. On the day before Meera’s 13th birthday, she’s expected to move into her husband’s home with his family, as is the Indian custom, but in a twist of fate, […]