Reviewed by Elizabeth Blair Review Source: NPR Book Author: My Powerful Hair is a new picture book that turns a painful truth about racism into a celebration of Native culture. When Carole Lindstrom was a little girl growing up in Bellevue, Nebraska, she really wanted long hair. She would put the blanket she had as a baby on […]
Where Three Oceans Meet
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: This picture book for elementary readers tells the story of three generations of women taking a trip through South India to Kanyakumari known as “Land’s End” where three oceans meet. Sejal, Mommy, and Pati all have different motivations for traveling, but they all share comfort […]
Pura’s Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories
Reviewed by Paige Pagan Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Pura’s Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories is itself a story of la gente, a cuento for and belonging to all children. In this book, children are taken on Pura Belpré’s journey of how she came to be a transformational figure […]
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
Reviewed by Don Allen Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: This outstanding graphic novel fills a huge void in the Kent State literature. While Kent State University’s library has a whole room dedicated to May 4th, 1970 – there is enough reading to last for years – there have been few books for young […]
Every Falling Star
Reviewed by: Cooperative Children’s Book Center Review Source: Cooperative Children’s Book Center Book Author: Sungju Lee’s comfortable early childhood was spent in Pyongyang, North Korea, where his father held an important position within the military. Three years after Kim Il-Sung’s death in 1994, Sungju and his parents made an abrupt move to Gyeong-Seong. Although his […]
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
Reviewed by Debbie Reese Review Source: American Indians in Children’s Literature Book Author: Joseph Marshall III is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux) tribe. Born and raised on the Rosebud Sioux reservation, he is the author of several books about Lakota people. Last year, I read his The Journey of Crazy Horse: A […]