Another imaginative romp from one of our regular favorites, Arte Publico (Pinata Books imprint). Through Prince (later King) Mayanito, early readers and listeners of any age will get adventures and thrills that children can truly appreciate. Mayanito is lonely at…
Category: Environment
GIRLS of the CRESCENT – TWO SISTERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Girls of the Crescent is verb and a noun. As a noun Girls of the Crescent website is a resource for readers – also teachers, librarians, and parents – looking for a good book that accurately features Muslim teens, especially…
A Unique Self-Published Picture Book: The Silent Nightingale
Saudi Arabian-born author Lamis S. Solaim’s bilingual (English-Arabic) picture book features a large Middle Eastern family visiting their grandparents’ home. The oldest boys find a nightingale, the next-oldest children build an elaborate cage and sing for it, and the youngest…
Thanks to all our readers who speak out, stand up, and work for equity for all
Thankful for readers and librarians and bookstores and teachers and parents and grandparents—all who make our world of readers! Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
When Utopia Goes Bad: A Review of The Bond
Dinitra is a teenager living a matriarchal society known as the Weave. In the Weave, men have been banished because of their brutal behavior, and technology has replaced traditional methods of procreation. Although Dinitra attends an elite academic school where…
The Apple Pie Tree written by Zoe Hall and Illustrated by Shari Halpern
The Apple Pie Tree Written by Zoe Hall Illustrated by Shari Halpern A family has a special tree in their backyard, an apple pie tree! Two siblings share what they love most about their backyard apple tree and…
Announcing the 2018 Skipping Stones Honor Award Books!
This year the non-profit multicultural children’s magazine Skipping Stones celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. Each year, the magazine highlights the best children’s books and educational resources about diverse cultures around the world and nature and the environment through its Skipping Stones Honor Awards.…
Forest World by Margarita Engle
Guest Post by Padma Venkatraman In Forest World, Young People’s Poet Laureate, Margarita Engle, once again demonstrates her mastery over the verse novel form, wielding it to speak eloquently of the need to protect our environment. Told through the eyes of…
On Translation, Writing, and the State of U.S. Publishing: an interview with Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Hello, Pirate Tree Readers. Most of you will recognize Lyn Miller-Lachmann as one of our most prolific reviewers. Lyn is a writer and translator as well as passionate and involved reviewer and lover of children’s and young adult literature, and…
Agua, Aguita
The premise of Agua, Aguita is simple (though not simplistic), the story of water told from the point of view of a single drop. I can’t speak for the Spanish or Nahuat translations of this book, but Jorge Tetl Argueta…