Category: Multicultural

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Celebration of Books, New & Old

This month, Black History Month, we celebrate books by and about African- Americans, old and young, who have been leaders, artists, musicians, teachers, activists, and courageous citizens.  Last month as a nation we celebrated the life, work, and words of…

Amira’s Darfur: The Red Pencil

In The Red Pencil, Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrator Shane Evans, create for us, Amira.  Amira is growing up in Darfur. We in the US hear the word Darfur and think genocide. Amira insists that we see a bright, lively, loving culture…