Title: Lily and Dunkin Author: Donna Gephart Publisher: Delacorte Press, May 2016 Ages: 10-14 Themes: Transgender children, manic depression, bipolarity, mental illness, bullying 352 pages Opening: Girl Lily Jo is not my name. Yet. But I am working on that. That’s why I am in the closet. Literally in my mom’s walk-in closet … Continue reading
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 5/24/2016
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 5/24/2016
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on 4/27/2016
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I am so very happy to welcome back Sylvia Liu onto Miss Marple’s Musings as part of the blog tour for her debut picture book, A MORNING WITH GRANDPA. This manuscript won the 2013 Lee and Low New Voices Award … Continue reading
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 4/19/2016
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Title: I Am J Written by: Cris Beam Published by: Little Brown, 2011 Themes/Topics: Diversity, LGBTQIA, transgender teens, coming of age, New York, cutting, friendship, emotional problems Suitable for ages: 14+ Opening: J could smell the hostility, the pretense, the utter fake-ness of it all before they even climbed the … Continue reading
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 3/11/2016
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JacketFlap tags: picture book, Biography, book review, picture books, Shakespeare, New York, Book recommendation, England, usa, acting, resources for teachers, Perfect Picture Book Friday, WNDB, Lee n Low Publishers, abolitionism, Ira Aldridge, Diversity Day 2016, Ira's Shakespeare Dream, Add a tag
Title: Ira’s Shakespeare Dream Written by: Glenda Armand illustrated by: Floyd Cooper Published by: Lee & Low, May 2015 Themes: African Americans, biography, Ira Aldridge, Shakespeare, acting, diversity, abolition of slavery in the USA Ages: 7-11+ Genre: Picture Book Biography Opening: IRA COULD NOT KEEP STILL as he waited in the balcony of … Continue reading
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 2/9/2016
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Title: The Green Bicycle Author: Haifia Al Mansour Publisher: Dial Books for young Readers, 2015 Age: 9-13 Themes: family, dreams, life in Saudi Arabia as a girl, coming of age, role of women/girls Opening: Wadjda wasn’t thinking about her ticket to heaven. You could see it on … Continue reading
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 2/5/2016
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JacketFlap tags: Perfect Picture Book Friday, WNDB, Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton, Diversity Day 2016, activities for classroom, picture book, poetry, literacy, diversity, biography, picture books, black history month, slavery, Don Tate, African Americans, Add a tag
Celebrating Black History Month! Title: Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses HortonPoet: Author and illustrator: Don Tate Publisher: Peachtree Books, 2015 Themes: slavery, illiteracy, poetry, African American, perseverance, Genre: biography Ages: 6-9 Opening: GEORGE LOVED WORDS. He wanted to learn how to read, but George was enslaved. He and his family lived … Continue reading
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 1/15/2016
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JacketFlap tags: Meg Medina, Perfect Picture Book Friday, WNDB, Diversity Day 2016, Belpre (Author) Honor Books 2016, Mango Abuela and Me, Book recommendation, Spanish, grandmothers, teaching resources, language learning, Angela Dominguez, Add a tag
Title: Mango, Abuela and Me Author: Meg Medina Illustrator: Angela Dominguez Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2015 Themes: love, learning new language, making friends Awards: Belpre (Author and illustrator) Honor Books, 2016 Ages: 3-7 Opening: SHE COMES TO US in winter, leaving behind her sunny house that rested between two snaking rivers. … Continue reading
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