title: A Very, Very Noisy Tractor author: Mar Pavón illustrator: Nivola Uyá date: Cuento do Luz, 2013 picture book If you’ve ever been a woman, a person of color, Native American, disabled, overweight, too short, too poor, queer, or gifted with any other reason for someone to marginalize you then you’ll have a real affection… Read More review: A Very, Very Noisy Tractor
title: Down to the Bone Author: Mayra Lazara Dole date: Harper Collins 2008 main character: Laura It’s close to the last day in this Miami high school and a love letter has Laura fantasizing about celebrating her anniversary with Marlena, the love of her life. The daydream is cut short when Sister Asunción snatches… Read More review: Down to the Bone
We Are the People is once again providing a summer list for all our children. It includes books written or illustrated by Native Americans or people of color. Some have disabilities. Others are LGBTQIA. All are books that we would proudly place in any child’s hands. With careful, critical consideration, this year’s list was created by… Read More We Are the People 2016
I’ve been busy lately, but there have been some pretty major events in the news that were difficult to miss. A couple of them relate directly to middle grade/young adult literature. President Obama became the first US president on 90 years to visit Cuba. US-Cuba Relations have been intense since 1898 but in 1961, they… Read More Keeping It Relevant
If you are a YALSA member I’m on the ballot to be on the Printz Committee and I’d appreciate your vote. IF you are an ALSC member, please consider voting for Angie Manfredi, Sujei Lugo and Thaddeus Andrecki (both of whom have ended up at the bottom of the list). These individuals are as committed… Read More This n That
