Unite or Die, How Thirteen States Became a Nation by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Jef Czekaj is a perfect book to sit down with this holiday weekend with your kids and learn exactly how the constitution was created. And trust me, perhaps my own recollection of history is rusty but as an adult I [...]
Passage to Freedom, The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki and illustrated by Dom Lee is not only a wonderful book but it’s based on a wonderful true story that I’m going to say is safe to believe that many people don’t know. As we learn from the author interview that I conducted with Ken Mochizuki [...]
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson is a 2007 Caldecott Honor book and won the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration. This picture book tells the story of Harriet Tubman, who born into slavery, escapes to freedom in the North. Once there she becomes [...]
I recently read and reviewed Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges and wanted to follow that up with the picture book The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles and illustrated by George Ford.
Six-year-old Ruby Bridges is the first black child to attend an all white elementary school during the civil rights movement and of [...]
I haven’t reviewed a book like Frogs by Nic Bishop on my blog before and didn’t think I would when I checked it out from the library. But after reading it, I was really excited to share it with you. Frogs is geared for about first to third graders, but even my three year old [...]
