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How to Write a Poem

HOW TO WRITE A POEM written by Kwame Alexander & Deanna Nikaido, illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Kwame Alexander, Deanna Nikaido and Melissa Sweet collaborate in HOW TO WRITE A POEM, their...
More Than I Imagined

 MORE THAN I IMAGINED: WHAT A BLACK MAN DISCOVERED ABOUT THE WHITE MOTHER HE NEVER KNEW by John Blake

John Blake’s MORE THAN I IMAGINED:WHAT A BLACK MAN DISCOVERED ABOUT THE WHITE MOTHER HE...
Yaqui Delgado

YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASS: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL written by Meg Medina, graphic novel by Mel Valentine Vargas

 Ten years ago, I fell in love with Meg Medina’s YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK...
Impossible Escape

IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE: A TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL AND HEROISM IN NAZI GERMANY by Steve Sheinkin

 Steve Sheinkin does it again in his heart stopping IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE: A TRUE STORY OF...
Gather

GATHER by Kenneth Cadow

Thank goodness for awards! The National Book Award long list turned me into Kenneth Cadow’s...
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Untangling: Sister Dramas(Chapter 23)

Even as the worry of getting my mother to stop driving ended, it didn’t mean...
How to Say Babylon

 HOW TO SAY BABYLON by Safiya Sinclair

Savoys Sinclair’s HOW TO SAY BABYLON is one of the most remarkable memoirs I’ve heard...
Dear Dad- Love Nelson

DEAR DAD: LOVE NELSON by Margarett McBride

Margarett McBride’s DEAR DAD:LOVE NELSON wowed all students in my class in manuscript form and...
Vamos Let's Go Read

Picture Book Series for Bilingual Learners: Raul the Third’s VAMOS LET’S GO READ

Author-illustrator Raul the Third’s VAMOS LET’S GO READ features the winning character Little Lobo. His...
Happy Halloweenie

Halloween Bonanza (Part 2)

This weekend I’m trekking to see my grandson with a second set of book treats...