title: Freedom in Congo Square author: Carole Boston Weatherford illustrator: R. Gregory Christie date: Little Bee Books/Bonnier Publishing, 2016 picture book Freedom in Congo Square is all about Sunday. From Monday through Saturday, life without work is rare. The enslaved men and women labor in straight lines. Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie… Read More book review: Freedom in Congo Square
title: My Name is Henry Bibb: A story of slavery and freedom by: Afua Cooper date: Kids Can Press, 2009 main character: Henry Bibb middle grade biography The light hurt my eyes so I kept them closed. I was drowsy, lulled by my mother’s cooing and the warmth of her body. Then I… Read More book review: My Name is Henry Bibb
My week began at a campus wide workshop on social justice. I looked forward to hearing something new and different on this topic, but not to the intense level of personal sharing, not on a Monday morning and not with a crowd somewhat unaware of entitlements. The presenters, Kathy Obear and Vernon Wall, were excellent… Read More SundayMorningReads
The following post is contributed to my series on enslavement from Debbie Reese. Debbie is tribally enrolled at Nambe Pueblo in northern New Mexico. She is an advocate for diversity in children’s literate and has been blogging for almost ten years at American Indians in Children’s Literature. Here, she discusses the earliest enslavement in the… Read More Guest Post: Enslavement of Native Peoples
Tomo Explores the World by author-illustrator Trevor Lai, the founder of UP Studios, a leading animation studio in China, has a three-book deal. The picture book series is about a young inventor who, with the help of his best friend and dog, sets out to complete the unfinished tasks in his great grandfather’s… Read More February Book Deals
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