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Must Read Authenticity
Tasslyn Magnusson Jung, Mike. Unidentified Suburban Object. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2016. This is a hilarious book. And a deeply authentic book – I think what I found most touching and real...
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Inclusivity in Picture Books
By Regina McMenamin Lloyd In a lecture at Hamline University, Swati Avasthi pointed to the inclusivity of Big Mama Makes the World by Phyllis Root. In her lecture, she discussed that through imagery...
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Our Work is Not Done!
By: Regina McMenamin Lloyd & Tasslyn Magnusson Yesterday, we told our daughters they were going to see history. We believed it was the history we would have chosen for our country. It was not.Our...
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Reading for Change
By: Tasslyn Magnusson I found this article essential for me to understand what white privilege meant - and means. It was also helpful because it helped me begin to find points of change within myself....
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Read, No Live MARCH Now
By Tasslyn Magnusson Here's what I wanted to talk about in a blog post about MARCH – BOOKS 1-3. I wanted to talk about how finding graphic novels has been a source of wonder and joy to me. I wasn't a...
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Advocating Under the New Administration
By Regina McMenamin Lloyd Hi Friends! Normally, our posts are about specific books that express diverse voices and characters. However, I am inspired this morning by my former professor's facebook...
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Slave Lullabies (Part One)
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin One Old FavoriteThe first book I want to mention is not new. In fact it can only be purchased in paperback or used. And sad to say, none of the libraries near me still...
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Picture Books about American Slave Songs: (Part 2)
By Jacqueline Briggs Martin Like a Bird The Art of the American Slave SongIllustrations by Michelle Wood, Text by Cynthia Grady, Songs by unnamed African Americans (Millbrook Press, 2016) In an...
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Strumming for Acoustic Rooster
By: Lisa J. Riddiough You’ve already read Kwame Alexander’s sizzling middle grade novel, The Crossover, at least twice, and you’ve been just as jazzed about the heart-stomping, Booked. But did you...
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American Street: Living Between Cultures
by Miguel Camnitzer American Street by Ibi Zoboi tells the gripping story of a teenaged Haitian girl, Fabiola, who emigrates to Detroit. In the opening moments of the novel, immigration officials...
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