Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
5 Wonderful Picture Books on Africa I know very little about the continent of Africa so today I wanted to explore it through picture books. These five books show different perspectives from the story of young Masaii girl who wants to touch the moon to visiting family in Tanzania and The Gambia. I was surprised to…
I am thrilled to be co-posting with Valarie Budayr of Jump Into A Book for the Book Across America blog tour. I was late to the sign up to my birth state of California was already taken, as well as Massachusetts where I now reside. No matter. Tennessee was open where Valarie lives so I…
February is Black History Month and I’m celebrating with a round-up of books that I hope teach and inspire for different reasons. I have two biographies on Sun Ra, a jazz legend, and Malcolm X, the great civil rights leader. I chose Lend a Hand for the inspiring poems and inclusive illustrations that urge readers…
Valarie Budayr and I were so excited to meet Children’s Africana Book Awards at the National Social Studies Meeting.
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr image from Wikipedia To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 20th, I thought I would compile my previous posts on MLK day and the Civil Rights Movement. I hope these lists will be helpful if…