title: Sylvia and Aki author: Winifred Conkling date: Tricycle Press, July 2011 main characters: Aki Munemitsu and Sylvia Mendez MG historical fiction Several years ago, when I was still teaching US History, I came across an article in Teaching Tolerance about Mendez vs. Westminster School District. I would often tell people about the Latino case… Read More book review: Sylvia and Aki
Ghetto Cowboy author: Greg Neri illustration: Jesse Joshua Watson date: Candlewick, August 2011 main character: Coletrane “Cole” Middle Grade Fiction Cole’s mother has reached her last straw. She’s been raising him alone and with Cole cutting classes and facing the option of failing or going to summer school, she decides that it’s time for Cole… Read More book review: Ghetto Cowboy
October, the tenth month! And what a month it is! Children’s Book Week (England) – First Week of October National Day (China, People’s Republic of) – October 1 Independence Day in the Republic Of Cyprus – October 1 Independence Day in Nigeria – October 1 Gandhi Jayanthi in India. Birthday of Mahathma Gandhi. – October… Read More New in October
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