Donavan’s Double Trouble Written by Monalisa DeGross Illustrated by Amy Bates Published by HarperCollins, 2008 Donavan’s friends say he has a math block. They say no matter what he does or how hard he tries, he won’t understand until he has some sort of a math breakthrough. Donavan knows his friends are right, but he [ Read the full article… ]
Author: Don Tate
A new series for African American girls
Sorry I’ve been so busy, I haven’t had time to make a post. But I did want to pop in and share an article that ran in the Kansas City Star earlier this week. It’s about a new series of books, for young African American girls, written by Derrick Barnes. Ruby and the Booker Boys [ Read the full article… ]
Priscilla and the Hollyhocks
Priscilla and the Hollyhocks Written by Anne Broyles Illustrated by Anna Alter Published by Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc., 2008 Priscilla dreamed of freedom, a dream to be fulfilled, but only after the loss of her mother, and after toiling through the life of a slave. When Priscilla was very young, her mother was sold away, “like [ Read the full article… ]
Book report: Metal Man
Metal Man Written by Aaron Reynolds Illustrated by Paul Hoppe Published by Charlesbridge Publishing, June 2008 On a scorching hot day, Devon, a young Black child, skips out of the house and heads over to visit Mitch, “the metal man,” an artist and welder who creates art with scrap metal. Devon’s mother isn’t impressed with [ Read the full article… ]
IRA releases it Teachers’ Choices lists
The International Reading Association has released it’s Choices Booklists for children, teachers and young adults. And the lists are quite diverse. Here are a few titles from the Teacher’s list, that are either by or about African Americans: Primary winners: Ain’t Nobody a Stranger to Me by Ann Grifalconi, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, Hyperion, Jump [ Read the full article… ]
CNN hero: Yohannes Gebregeorgis, champions children
“Moved by the lack of children’s books and literacy in his native Ethiopia, Yohannes Gebregeorgis established Ethiopia Reads, bringing free public libraries and literacy programs to thousands of Ethiopian children.” Meet this weeks CNN hero, here. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/9hM1rU-Wr18&hl=en]
Thelma Morris-Lindsey inspires children to read
How do you excite, influence, and stir the souls of our children to greatness? In other words, how do you inspire our children to read? Create a sense of self-efficacy: I have never known anyone to do anything unless there was a feeling that they could accomplish the task at hand. Putting a book into [ Read the full article… ]