Hello, everybody! Today's book is Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight For Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh, the true story of the Mendez family's fight to desegregate California public schools. When Sylvia's father uses his life savings to move his family to a new town, he is thrilled with the promise of … Continue reading Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight For Desegregation (Duncan Tonatiuh)
Summer Reading Day 55: Our pick today was 14 Cows For America by Carmen Agra Deedy. It's a deeply moving true story, told in picture book form, of a young Maasai man who was studying in America during September 11th. When he returns to visit his people the following spring, he tells them of what … Continue reading 14 Cows For America (Carmen Agra Deedy)
Summer Reading Day 47: Today's book was Me, Frida by Amy Novesky, and as you could probably guess, it's a children's book about Frida Khalo. The story covers the period of time in which Frida moved with Diego Rivera to San Francisco and felt out of place and homesick. Eventually, of course, she worked hard, … Continue reading Me, Frida (Amy Novesky)
Summer Reading Day 44: Today's book was Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick, the story of the real-life Winnie-The-Pooh. A lot of people know that Christopher Robin and his stuffed bear Winnie really existed, but many don't know the story of the bear that inspired the stuffed bear that then inspired A.A. Milne's classic tales of … Continue reading Finding Winnie (Lindsay Mattick)
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