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Collage Your Life Techniques, Prompts, and Inspiration for Creative Self-Expression and Visual Storytelling by Melanie Mowinski
3.0
Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC in exchange for review
Collage your life is a great escape from the world. A medium of art even if you're a "bad artist", there are instructions and tool advice given so even the most novice of artists can participate. I love Mowinskis work. Its so colorful and whimsical. I can totally see buying this book as a gift for my daughter who has kept every piece of paper ever given to her.
A wonderful how-to book. Recommend for high school and up.
Collage your life is a great escape from the world. A medium of art even if you're a "bad artist", there are instructions and tool advice given so even the most novice of artists can participate. I love Mowinskis work. Its so colorful and whimsical. I can totally see buying this book as a gift for my daughter who has kept every piece of paper ever given to her.
A wonderful how-to book. Recommend for high school and up.
The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism by Nicole Miles, Tiffany Jewell
4.0
Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC in exchange for review.
I love "This Book Is Anti-Racist" by Jewell - so much that we have 100 copies in our middle school library. I wanted to read The Antiracist Kid to see how similar it was. This book for elementary kids covers a lot of the same information. More for upper elementary than younger.
Jewell does a great job with definitions, vocabulary, and having the reader dive into their own identity. I'd love for this to be required reading. But we know there are people all over the country who would flip out at the suggestion of reading a work like this. Which is really too bad.
This is a great book for groups or guidance by an adult that could help with any questions. I'm glad this material is out there. Now if people would just get to the point where this is common knowledge.
I love "This Book Is Anti-Racist" by Jewell - so much that we have 100 copies in our middle school library. I wanted to read The Antiracist Kid to see how similar it was. This book for elementary kids covers a lot of the same information. More for upper elementary than younger.
Jewell does a great job with definitions, vocabulary, and having the reader dive into their own identity. I'd love for this to be required reading. But we know there are people all over the country who would flip out at the suggestion of reading a work like this. Which is really too bad.
This is a great book for groups or guidance by an adult that could help with any questions. I'm glad this material is out there. Now if people would just get to the point where this is common knowledge.
Does My Body Offend You? by Mayra Cuevas, Marie Marquardt
4.0
Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC in return for review
Dress code. Every female knows the dress code. Mainly because she has been called on it for something. But some more than others. In Does My Body Offend You, the rule of wearing a bra is only applicable to some...and the rule isn't even recorded.
I love the protagonists in the story, different personalities but wanting the same thing. Being loud is easier for some. But finding your voice is important for all.
An important book for all middle school and up - both students and teachers.
Dress code. Every female knows the dress code. Mainly because she has been called on it for something. But some more than others. In Does My Body Offend You, the rule of wearing a bra is only applicable to some...and the rule isn't even recorded.
I love the protagonists in the story, different personalities but wanting the same thing. Being loud is easier for some. But finding your voice is important for all.
An important book for all middle school and up - both students and teachers.
Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbalia
5.0
Black Boy Joy is necessary. For Black Boys. For those of us who know Black boys. For those who don't know Black boys. We all deserve to be represented - and stories from amazing authors tell the joy of being a Black boy.
Being a Black boy can be scary in this society. But being a Black boy is not all fear. They are beautiful. They are smart. They are our future. Thank you Kwame Mbalia for getting these guys together to collaborate on this amazing piece of work.
Being a Black boy can be scary in this society. But being a Black boy is not all fear. They are beautiful. They are smart. They are our future. Thank you Kwame Mbalia for getting these guys together to collaborate on this amazing piece of work.
Do As I Say, Not Who I Did: Navigating Hookups, Consent, and Relationships—On Campus and Off by Ali Drucker
4.0
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for review
Ok, I'm not the intended audience for this book. But I have one daughter who just graduated college and one still in. I think they'd both benefit from reading this.
Ali Drucker covers everything, much better than any parent could. Think of her like the friend you need to talk to when you don't want to talk to anyone else. Relationships, mental health, Queer sex, parents - it's all there.
I won't be getting this for our middle school library, but you should get it for your college kids.
Ok, I'm not the intended audience for this book. But I have one daughter who just graduated college and one still in. I think they'd both benefit from reading this.
Ali Drucker covers everything, much better than any parent could. Think of her like the friend you need to talk to when you don't want to talk to anyone else. Relationships, mental health, Queer sex, parents - it's all there.
I won't be getting this for our middle school library, but you should get it for your college kids.
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson
5.0
Theirs is no immigration story.
But you must read this story. Because it is our American story.
Read this book. Buy this book. Read this book again.
Because the words, illustrations, and message are to important to ignore.
But you must read this story. Because it is our American story.
Read this book. Buy this book. Read this book again.
Because the words, illustrations, and message are to important to ignore.
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein
5.0
Jerry Pinkney's (RIP) illustrations and Barry Wittenstien's words are poetic as they describe the rhythm of Dr. King's own words. Read the story behind the March on Washington speech. Hear the advisors and voices from those Dr. King advocated with. For God's sake...use this book to explain to those using the I Have A Dream Speech to say racism is over. They need this picture book.
Recommended for everyone.
Recommended for everyone.
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor
2.0
Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC in exchange for review.
The story between Aurora and Frenchie had me hopeful. Both on the spectrum; one LOUD and the other non-verbal - they "got" each other. When Frenchie goes missing, no one tries to find him more than Aurora.
As much as I liked the beginning of the story, the rest fell flat for me. A middle grade reader might enjoy the different POVs - or like some of my readers - may get totally confused by them. I wish the POVs stayed with Aurora and Frenchie. Those were the only ones I cared about, and in reality, the only ones necessary for the story.
The book did show the "village' was raising the child, but I never connected with that village. There are certain kids I'd recommend this read, but others I know wouldn't be able to grasp the story.
The story between Aurora and Frenchie had me hopeful. Both on the spectrum; one LOUD and the other non-verbal - they "got" each other. When Frenchie goes missing, no one tries to find him more than Aurora.
As much as I liked the beginning of the story, the rest fell flat for me. A middle grade reader might enjoy the different POVs - or like some of my readers - may get totally confused by them. I wish the POVs stayed with Aurora and Frenchie. Those were the only ones I cared about, and in reality, the only ones necessary for the story.
The book did show the "village' was raising the child, but I never connected with that village. There are certain kids I'd recommend this read, but others I know wouldn't be able to grasp the story.
True Biz by Sara Nović
5.0
Thank you, NetGalley, for the ARC in exchange for review.
High schoolers and up = Read this book. I wish I could tell you ALL the reasons why. I can give you some.
The coverage of d/Deaf Culture is one of the most amazing I've ever read. My immersion in the Culture was 30(!) years ago now, but man is this spot on. As a hearing woman, this may help understand to some why I didn't feel comfortable staying in deaf education. This book also helped me realize for the first time, maybe my major's name, "Communicative Disorders" isn't entirely accurate when describing deaf ed.
The POVs of the story were spot on. Three main characters are followed, but the inclusion of others here and there are absolutely necessary for the plot and for the learning.
Novic covers so. many. topics. Which I usually hate, but this time was, again, SO educational as well as fitting in with the plot.
Which brings me to the best part: in addition to great storytelling, there are sign dictionaries, history lessons, racial discussions (30 years ago I was not thinking of racial culture within Deaf culture. Shows my self centeredness), children of deaf adult issues, and cochlear implant controversy.
You will love this book. February, Austin, and Charlie will bring you into their lives, and you will learn about yourself in the process. I feel like Sara Novic has been a therapist to me as I read these pages. True biz.
High schoolers and up = Read this book. I wish I could tell you ALL the reasons why. I can give you some.
The coverage of d/Deaf Culture is one of the most amazing I've ever read. My immersion in the Culture was 30(!) years ago now, but man is this spot on. As a hearing woman, this may help understand to some why I didn't feel comfortable staying in deaf education. This book also helped me realize for the first time, maybe my major's name, "Communicative Disorders" isn't entirely accurate when describing deaf ed.
The POVs of the story were spot on. Three main characters are followed, but the inclusion of others here and there are absolutely necessary for the plot and for the learning.
Novic covers so. many. topics. Which I usually hate, but this time was, again, SO educational as well as fitting in with the plot.
Which brings me to the best part: in addition to great storytelling, there are sign dictionaries, history lessons, racial discussions (30 years ago I was not thinking of racial culture within Deaf culture. Shows my self centeredness), children of deaf adult issues, and cochlear implant controversy.
You will love this book. February, Austin, and Charlie will bring you into their lives, and you will learn about yourself in the process. I feel like Sara Novic has been a therapist to me as I read these pages. True biz.