United States Board on Books for Young People, USBBY, and International Board on Books for Young People, IBBY, provide an excellent source of information, reviews, and lists of outstanding international books – an international celebration of diversity. Each year…
Category: Violence/War & Peace/Refugees
Honoring Veterans
November 11, 2013. I’ve just returned from Washington D.C where events are unfolding on the National Mall to honor veteran’s of war. Today at 1 p.m. at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial – the Wall – will be the Veteran’s Day…
AFRICA IS MY HOME
AFRICA IS MY HOME, A CHILD OF THE AMISTAD By Monica Edinger and illustrated by Robert Byrd Monica Edinger skillfully – and delightfully – tells an extraordinary story through the voice of a young girl who experiences an extraordinary journey. …
The Forgiveness Garden by Lauren Thompson and Christy Hale
The illustrations by Christy Hale in The Forgiveness Garden are subtly beautiful. They appear to be water color and collage, and they give the effect of ancient art.The story, by Lauren Thompson, centers on two young people, Sama and Karune,…
HOW I BECAME A GHOST
HOW I BECAME A GHOST, A CHOCTAW TRAIL OF TEAR’S STORY by Tim Tingle From Chapter 1, “Talking Ghost” “MAYBE YOU HAVE never read a book written by a ghost before. I am a ghost…I should tell you something…
Against Forgetting: The Nazi Hunters
By the late 1950s, it appeared that the Holocaust was fading from the memories of all but those who had experienced it personally. The United States and other Western nations were more concerned about the Soviet threat, and neo-Nazi groups…
DARE TO DREAM …CHANGE THE WORLD
DARE TO DREAM…CHANGE THE WORLD Edited by Jill Corcoran, illustrated by J. Beth Jepson What a beautiful collection of poems that inspires and challenge. We all have prejudices and we all have felt discrimination. Who has not been bullied, left…
Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education
Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education by Elizabeth Suneby is extremely informative, providing children just enough of a glimpse into the strange educational apartheid in Afghanistan. The Zabuli Education Center for Girls in Kabul is a…
Panic by Sharon Draper
Would the enticements of fame and fortune tempt you to ignore all your mother’s warnings and leave a public place with a perfect stranger? Could you love somebody enough to ignore all the warnings signs of abuse and allow yourself…
Divided Loyalties: A Review of Brotherhood
In Richmond, Virginia in 1867, 14-year-old Shadrach Weaver is awakened early and violently one morning. Federal soldiers beat him and carry away his older brother, Jeremiah, wanted for murder. The victim, George Nelson, is an itinerant teacher, a white man…