Hello, friends! Today, we read A Is For Activist by Innosanto Nagara, a children's guide to human rights, equality, and civil disobedience. As with any alphabet book, the reader is taken through their ABC's, this time using progressive subjects and topics to illustrate each letter. For instance, E is for Environmental Justice, L for LGBTQ … Continue reading A Is For Activist (Innosanto Nagara)
Hello, friends! Our book today is This Day In June, written by Gayle E. Pitman and illustrated by Kristyna Litten, a fabulous book about Pride parades and LGBT+ culture. Told in cheerful rhyming couplets, the scene is set on a city getting ready for a very special day. A celebration is happening, complete with a … Continue reading This Day In June (Gayle E. Pitman)
Hello, friends! Today, we read Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender And Friendship, written by Jessica Walton and illustrated by Dougal MacPherson, a sweet tale about two inseparable friends. Errol and Thomas the Teddy are the best of pals. Every day they play together, eat together, and go on adventures together. One day, Thomas … Continue reading Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender And Friendship (Jessica Walton)
Banned Books Week Day 7: Hello, everyone! Tonight, we wrap up Banned Books Week with I Am Jazz, written by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings and illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas, the true story of a very special girl and her journey to being her true self. Jazz is a little girl who loves pink, mermaids, … Continue reading I Am Jazz (Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings)
Banned Books Week Day 3: Hello, everyone! Today, we read And Tango Makes Three, written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole. This is a sweet true story about a very special family of chinstrap penguins at the Central Park Zoo. Roy and Silo are not like the other male penguins … Continue reading And Tango Makes Three (Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell)
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