Reviewed by Caissa Casarez Review Source: Latinx in Kid Lit Book Author: Jennifer Torres doesn’t waste any time introducing the readers to Stef and the people in her life, including Papi and her best friend Arthur in the first scene outside of their Catholic middle school. She notices Papi in his taco truck – known as […]
The Bitter Side of Sweet
Reviewed By Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Review Source: Africa Access Book Author: This is an engaging novel told from the perspective of Amadou, a child worker whom along with other boys work on a cocoa farm far away from home. The conditions under which they work are deplorable but they had come to accept their fate as impoverished […]
Down to Earth: How Kids Help Feed the World
Reviewed by Maria Brescia-Weiler Review Source: Independent Book Author: Down to Earth: How Kids Help Feed the World provides an overview on the types of crops and livestock one might find on a farm. The subtitle is misleading, as the book focuses more on the uses of different farm products than on the role of children […]
Tea Cakes for Tosh
Reviewed by Amy Rothschild Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: An invaluable new resource/picture book: Tea Cakes for Tosh written by Kelly Starling Lyons, author of Ellen’s Broom, and illustrated by the masterful E.B. Lewis. Tosh, a young African-American boy, learns from his grandmother Honey how to make teacakes, a family recipe passed down from his great-great-great-great-grandmother Ida. “Long […]
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 […]