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WAT TAKES HIS SHOT
It’s a bit sketchy of historical detail, but it’s coherent, inspirational, and engaging without indulging in rapturous... A first introduction to the iconic civil rights activist.
BEHIND MY DOORS | Kirkus Reviews
The story of the Al-Qarawiyyin Library in Fez, Morocco, narrated by the building itself. In 859, Fatima Al-Fihri, the daughter of a rich merchant, decided to build a mosque and school. “I began as a small corner for books, where Fatima spent hours reading, thinking, and dreaming.” Over time, the library explains that it “grew into a grand building.” The library, which served both Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque and Al-Qarawiyyin University, was a tranquil space within bustling Fez.
TREE OF LIFE | Kirkus Reviews
A tree survives the Holocaust, though most of the children who cared for it don’t. It’s winter in Terezin, the Czechoslovakian propaganda camp with which the Nazis tricked the credulous Red Cross into believing their treatment of Jews was humane. Here, children are allowed to attend school, and one teacher, Irma Lauscher, has the children plant a smuggled-in maple sapling. Miraculously, the children keep the tree alive in the camp, even as they themselves weaken or die.
Books to Read with Kids on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
A great way to discuss new topics with your children is through books. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here are a few kid-friendly titles to introduce children to Dr. King and topics like civil rights, activism and equality. I am Brave: A Little Book about Martin Luther King, Jr. By Brad Meltzer This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great—the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves.
DINOSAURS AND THE PREHISTORIC WORLD
A DINOSAUR TOUR by Michael Paul ; illustrated by Michael Paul ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 17, 2018 Intense hues light up a prehistoric parade. It’s really all about the colors. The endpapers are twinned head-shot galleries captioned, in the front, with scientific names (“Tyrannosaurus rex”) and pronunciations and, in the rear, translations of same (“Tyrant Lizard King”).
THAO | Kirkus Reviews
by Chana Ginelle Ewing ; illustrated by Paulina Morgan ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 3, 2019 Social-equity themes are presented to children in ABC format. Terms related to intersectional inequality, such as “class,” “gender,” “privilege,” “oppression,” “race,” and “sex,” as well as other topics important to social justice such as “feminism,” “human being,” “immigration,” “justice,” “kindness,” “multicultural,” “transgender,” “understanding,” and “value” are named and explained.
SWISH! | Kirkus Reviews
Inspired by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s stand against the appointment of Sen. Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general—and titled for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s stifling of same—glancing introductions to 13 American women who “persisted.” Among the figures relatively familiar to the audience are Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, and Ruby Bridges; among the more obscure are union organizer Clara Lemlich, physician Virginia Apgar, and Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner.
WOMEN IN BIOLOGY
From the Baby University series This book presents a simplified explanation of the role the atmosphere plays in controlling climate. The authors present a planet as a ball and its atmosphere as a blanket that envelops the ball. If the blanket is thick, the planet will be hot, as is the case for Venus. If the blanket is thin, the planet is cold, as with Mars.
PLYMOUTH ROCKS! | Kirkus Reviews
A memorable, lyrical reverse-chronological walk through the life of an American icon. In free verse, Cline-Ransome narrates the life of Harriet Tubman, starting and ending with a train ride Tubman takes as an old woman. “But before wrinkles formed / and her eyes failed,” Tubman could walk tirelessly under a starlit sky. Cline-Ransome then describes the array of roles Tubman played throughout her life, including suffragist, abolitionist, Union spy, and conductor on the Underground Railroad.
SHE RIDES LIKE THE WIND
A memorable, lyrical reverse-chronological walk through the life of an American icon. In free verse, Cline-Ransome narrates the life of Harriet Tubman, starting and ending with a train ride Tubman takes as an old woman. “But before wrinkles formed / and her eyes failed,” Tubman could walk tirelessly under a starlit sky. Cline-Ransome then describes the array of roles Tubman played throughout her life, including suffragist, abolitionist, Union spy, and conductor on the Underground Railroad.
AMERICA'S FLAG STORY
An obsessed narrator creates an alphabet book overrun with rabbits, much to the chagrin of an owl who wants to create a “proper, respectable” alphabet book. The picture book begins, “A is for A rabbit,” an illustration of a large brown rabbit taking up most of the recto.
THE VOICE THAT WON THE VOTE
Sometimes the decision of an individual can make all the difference. Febb Burns knew what she wanted, and what she wanted was the right to vote. A college-educated white woman, she yearned to do what her white male neighbors in East Tennessee did every election day. But while she did not have that right, her son, Harry, did—not just as a citizen, but as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
HOW TO SOLVE A PROBLEM
A philosophy for life, built word by word, hold by hold, climb by climb. Japanese American teen rock-climbing champion Shiraishi narrates the story of how she navigated one of her biggest climbs with patience, perseverance, and creativity. Problems, whether on rock or in life, can look “tremendously endless” to anyone, even Ashima, depicted here as a 13-year-old.
Little People, Big Dreams
Rosa Parks Lisbeth Kaiser Discover the life of Rosa Parks in this inspiring story of her life. Features a facts and photos section at the back. Lovereading Comment to follow. Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers Format: Hardback | Released 23/08/2017 Info Extract Buy Maya Angelou Lisbeth Kaiser Meet one of the world's most beloved writers in this book for readers as young as 4 years. First in a brand new biography series that introduces children to history's highest achievers.
ROSA PARKS by Lisbeth Kaiser , Marta Antelo
A first introduction to the iconic civil rights activist.
10 New Children's Books for Black History Month
Black History Month is underway, offering an ideal opportunity to teach young children about the ways in which African-Americans have shaped America’s cultural, artistic, athletic, and political landscapes. From an anthology of classic playtime traditions, to a poetic recounting of the landmark Loving v.
MAYA ANGELOU by Lisbeth Kaiser , Leire Salaberria , Raquel Pitt
“There’s nothing I can’t be,” young Maya thinks, and then shows, in this profile for newly independent readers, imported from Spain. The inspirational message is conveyed through a fine skein of biographical details. It begins with her birth in St. Louis and the prejudice she experienced growing up in a small Arkansas town and closes with her reading of a poem “about her favorite thing: hope” at Bill Clinton’s presidential inauguration.
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