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Renée Watson

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Mission: to give 1 million kids a wonder-filled experience of STEM. Speaker, panelist, Founder & Head of Explosions @TheCuriosityBox @WATSON_Ltd @STEMDayuk
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What do readers think of All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson? Write your own review.

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By Renée Watson
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“But nothing can be as hard as referring to someone you love in the past tense.” Expressing grief is tough, but processing it through the eyes of a child is a slippery slope. As adults, we can only relate our shared experiences and hope to serve as the best mental health guides possible, even as we suffer on our own. “All the Blues in the Sky” by Renee Watson thinks through things like a kid and reminds us that they are capable of more than we expect, especially as teachers.
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Sonderbooks Book Review of

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By Renée Watson
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Review posted January 27, 2026. Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025. 182 pages. Review written January 27, 2026, from my own copy, given to me at ALA Annual Conference and signed by the author. Starred Review 2026 Newbery Medal Winner I was happy when the Newbery Medal Winner was announced - and it was a book sitting by my bed in one of my TBR piles, signed by the author. And yes, I'd heard the author speak before I got it signed at ALA Annual Conference, and I was very excited about reading it.
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Betty Before X Book Review

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By Ilyasah Shabazz, Renée Watson, Darienne Stewart
| Common Sense Media
age 10+ Inspiring, intimate story of activist's early years. Parents need to know that Betty Before X is a fictionalized retelling of Betty Shabazz's middle school years in Detroit as told by her daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz (X: A Novel), and co-author Renée Watson (Piecing Me Together). Betty -- raised Methodist by foster parents -- would go on to marry Malcolm X and raise their children as a single parent after his killing.
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