Interesting day today. The first thing I read was about covers and so was the last. Steph Sue, in her review of The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa pointed out the whitewashing on the cover. Really? Still? The book is clearly about an Asian character, the cover is not. While the comments mentioned a dislike… Read More Race Uncovered
Ahh! Summer! OOOoo!! Summer Reading! Each season seems to temper our reading selection and summer seems to be the time to stop meeting expectations and read to truly enjoy whether it be a pile of classics, a newly purchased paperback romance or the ESPN magazines that have been stacking up all year. It’s easier to get… Read More Summer Reading Matters
title: Percy Lavon Julian: Pioneering Chemist Signature Lives Series author: Darlene R. Stille date: Compass Point Books; 2009 non-fiction reading level: 7.0 preview the book There is a very limited range of biographies of people of color that are available for middle and high school readers, so I was glad to find Percy Lavon: Pioneering… Read More review: Percy Lavon Julian Pioneering Chemist
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. This past Friday, PaperTigers Blog had very interesting post on Japanese poetry forms. Macy’s is holding an online Asian-Pacific American History Quiz with the opportunity to win $100. HBO on Demand has packaged Asian themed movies for the month which includes a feature called “East of Main Street: Small… Read More SundayMorningReads
title: BorderTown: Quince Clash author: Malin Alegria date: Scholastic, July, 2012 main character: Fabiana (Fabi) Garza reading level: 5.0 That Santiago! We left him in Crossing the line standing before a judge facing several counts and now we find him in the second book hiding in his girl’s closet at 2:00am from her mafioso father! He’s Fabi’s… Read More Review and a contest!
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