Reviewed by Shelly Wen, Teaching for Change Intern Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Stay Solid! A Radical Handbook for Youth compiles testimonies, stories, advice, and more from over a hundred radical activists divided into content areas such as family, race, gender, school, friends, indigenous struggle, and more. This compilation offers an anti-bias perspective […]
Smoky Night: Misguided Effort to Help Kids Understand Rodney King Events
Reviewed by Beverly Slapin Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: On April 29, 1992, an almost all-white jury in the almost all-white suburb of Simi Valley acquitted four white Los Angeles Police Department officers of using assault and excessive force in the videotaped beating of a Black man named Rodney King. On the evening following […]
Shine
Reviewed by Jozi Zwerdling Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: With the nation focusing on the consequences of bullying in schools, and with hate crimes against LGBTQ youth still a consistent problem across the country, the novel Shine is a timely, relevant, and refreshingly complex book for young adults. After sixteen-year-old Cat’s former best […]
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 […]
Mything Mandela
Reviewed by Deborah Menkart Book Author: Mandela, the beautifully illustrated children’s book by Kadir Nelson, has been selected as one of the top books on Nelson Mandela by many groups including Colorlines and Kirkus Reviews. Given Nelson’s talents and strong reputation as a children’s book author and illustrator, Mandela is likely to become a staple […]
Little Brother
Reviewed by Don Allen, Teaching for Change Publications Director Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Set in the very near future, Little Brother goes to technological places that Orwell’s Big Brother could not. Students that have read 1984 will love the references to Orwell’s original and will appreciate the upgrade. After a major terrorist […]