Reviewed by Deborah Menkart Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: “Where is our historian to give us our side? To teach our people our own history?” asks Afro-Puerto Rican Arturo Schomburg on the first page of this beautifully illustrated picture book. Schomburg’s 5th-grade teacher had told him “Africa’s sons and daughters had no history, […]
Mango, Abuela, and Me
Reviewed by Beverly Slapin Review Source: De Colores Reviews Book Author: Young Mia has a problem—her Spanish-speaking abuela has just arrived from the countryside to live with her and her family; and Mia, who speaks English only, cannot communicate as quickly and effectively as she wants to. Which means that, although the two are developing […]
Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad
Reviewed by John Thornton Reviewed Source: Africa Access Book Author: Author Monica Edinger was intrigued with the story of the Amistad when she visited the museum in Mystic, Connecticut dedicated to it, and because she had lived for two years in the very region of Sierra Leone where the Amistad captives once lived. But she also had the good […]
Growing Up Pedro
Review by Lila Quintero Weaver Review Source: Latinx in Kid Lit Book Author: FROM THE BOOK JACKET: Before Pedro Martinez pitched the Red Sox to a World Series championship, before he was named to the All-Star team eight times, before he won the Cy Young Award three times, he was a kid from a place called […]
Me and Momma and Big John
Reviewed by Katie Seitz Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Me and Momma and Big John is a quietly excellent children’s book that deserves attention as one of the best of 2012. Told through the voice of her oldest son, the book charts the progress of St. John the Divine’s first woman of color stonecutter […]
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