title: Stella Diaz Has Something to Say author: Angela Domiguez date: Roaring Brook Press; 2018 main character: Stella Diaz Middle Grades (review based upon an advanced copy)     Stella Diaz’s family moved from Mexico City to Chicago when she was very young. So young, that she barely remembers her familia still in Mexico. Her… Read More review: Stella Diaz Has Something to Say

Courage by B. A. Binns (HarperCollins) T’Shawn has worked hard to get his family’s life back on track after his father died. But as things are returning to normal, his world is suddenly turned upside down when his older brother, Lamont, returns from prison. T puts his frustrations into his diving practice — especially when… Read More July Releases

“Historians of genocide often argue that dehumanization is a necessary precondition for culturally and/or state-sanctioned violence… A growing literature demonstrates that individuals tend to associate out-groups and out-group members with nonhuman animals more than they do members of their in-group… More to the point, research by Goff and colleagues supports the hypothesized link between dehumanization… Read More Out Out Damn Monkeys

During the recent ALA conference in New Orleans, I couldn’t help but wonder what the founders of the American Library Association would think of the organization it founded and how well it achieves what they set out to do. Knowing that two African American women, Michelle Obama and Violet Davis, bookended the event would probably… Read More Sunday Morning Reads (late night edition)