Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz will appeal to readers who are interested in history and stories about the Holocaust and stories of survival.
Browsing: Cultural Wisdom
Japanese can be daunting to learn. There are three alphabets—Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana, none of which resemble the English alphabet with its Latin script.
This book will appeal to readers of ages 12 and up, grades 7 and up, who relate to military family issues and volunteer efforts for people in other countries.
Award-winning author Carole P. Roman delivers her best addition to the “An Introduction to Learning About Other Cultures” series, so far, with fun facts and an action-packed look into the many pleasures of Norway.
An interview with award-winning illustrator Kadir Nelson about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech and the I Have a Dream book.
Lalitha is a youth services & community college librarian living in Southern California with her husband and their two boys. She decided to start a blog, Masala Reader, which would contribute to ongoing dialogue about multicultural literature for children and young adults.
Lalitha is a strong advocate of professional development, and tries to stay active in ALA by serving on committees such as YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and ALA Feminist Task Force’s Amelia Bloomer Project. We are so thankful that she found some spare time to answer our On the Shelf questions. This librarian/mommy blogger has pizazz!
If You Were Me and Lived in … South Korea: An Introduction to Learning About Other Cultures By Carole P. Roman…
In 1937 Guernica, Spain, twelve-year-old Ani is used to being invisible while helping her mother earn a living from selling sardines. Schoolmates call her the “sardine girl.” Ani’s Basque father is off fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
Melanie Crowder is a ceramist, painter, and sculptor who received her MFA in writing for children and young adults from…
Elizabeth Varadan | The Children’s Book Review | June 14, 2013 Blood Brothers in Louisbourg By Philip Roy Reading Age: 12-16 Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Cape…