Category: Multicultural

I am Brown

I am Brown teaches a lesson without even trying, because it’s so entertaining. While the underlying message is that people of color are definable in every way that humans can be defined, the fun of reading this book is what…

Translating the Future, Tuesday!

Translating the Future, this Tuesday, June 2, 1:30 pm ET Translators of Children’s Books Take Center Stage This Tuesday, June 2 at 1:30 pm ET, the “Translating the Future” conference turns to children’s books.  Our own Pirate Tree reviewer, Lyn…

UNDER WATER by J. L. Powers

UNDER WATER by J.L. Powers After her grandmother dies, seventeen-year-old Khosi must learn to survive on her own-taking care of her little sister Zi, making a living as a healer, and trying to finish school somehow. But everywhere she turns…