Recommended: A Day with Yayah
As a grandmother and longtime teacher of young children, I'm delighted to share my enthusiasm for A Day with Yayah, a 2018 Crocod...
NOT RECOMMENDED! Jill Lepore's THESE TRUTHS: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Jill Lepore's These Truths: A History of the United States came out this year (2018). Published by W. W. Norton and Company, teachers wi...
Congratulations to Traci Sorell for Orbis Pictus Honor Award!
Some terrific news today (November 17), from the 2018 conference of the National Council of Teachers of English! Traci Sorell's We Are G...
Recommended! DACTYL HILL SQUAD by Daniel José Older
Some time back, I learned that Daniel José Older was working on a series that would blend history and fantasy. The first book in the series-...
Debbie--have you seen THE RANSOM OF MERCY CARTER by Caroline Cooney?
A reader wrote to ask if I've reviewed The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline Cooney. It was published in 2001 by Random House. Here...
Open Letter: "Trail of Lightning is an Appropriation of Diné Cultural Beliefs." Does the Letter from the Diné Writer's Collective Mark a Turning Point?
On November 5, 2018, Indian Country Today published Trail of Lightning is an appropriation of Diné cultural beliefs . It is from the Diné Wr...
