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Si, Se Puede! Yes We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A. By Diana Cohn Illustrated by Francisco Delgado Essay by Luis J. Rodriguez Cinco Puntos Press $7.95 ISBN: 978-0938317890 Ages 4-8 On shelves now In discussing not only the Justice For Janitors Campaign of 2000 but also the need for strong unions in America today, this […]
This is an idea that has its merits. It seems unfair that I should have access to certain titles in a given month and that you, dear readers, should not. So we are going to follow in the footsteps of such blogs as Big A, little a and Overwhelmed With Joy. Each month at the […]
This one appeared on bookshelves of doom about a week ago, but I just couldn’t let it go. Awwww. Look at all the little Sleestaks. div#main{overflow:visible;} Boy does it require a bit Sleestak knowledge though. The book trailer is now out for Robin Brande‘s YA novel Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature. It’s short […]
Via Tea Cozy via Elaine at Wild Rose Reader: I am sorry to tell you that Grace Lin’s husband Robert Mercer passed away early this week. One way to send your condolences to Grace and to Grace’s and Robert’s families would be by donating to cancer research in Robert’s memory via the Jimmy Fund. I […]
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller Atheneum (Simon and Schuster imprint) $16.99 Ages 10 and up Authors that try to tackle any aspect of Helen Keller’s life in a children’s literary format are simultaneously blessed and cursed. On the one hand, talk about God’s gift to authors. The emotional ups and downs of […]
(CONTINUED FROM PART ONE) I did have some questions here and there. As I’ve said, you get the feeling that Miller was a stickler for historical accuracy. So much so that there is no cleaning up of the real Annie’s references to the "little negro boy" who worked in the house. So it was interesting […]
Salon had a nice piece about how No Child Left Behind takes the idea of reading for pleasure and pumps all the life out of it. Called Teachers: Be Subversive (easier said than done?), I was particularly interested in a part of the interview that talks about how there is, "a transfer provision in No […]
I’m going to cheat today and use a review I originally wrote about this book back in September of 2005. This was a Viking Press title that hit the shelves in 1975. With the sudden appearance of the book Stoneheart by Charlie Fletcher just this year, I thought it only fair to show that the […]
On second thought, that title above makes it sound like she’s dead. Which, I assure you, is not the case. It’s just that Mom has only published so many titles and we’ve been doing this Poetry Friday gig for quite a few months now. I don’t quite know what I’ll use to fill the gap […]
Oh! Oh! Oh! Such good film news. THEY’RE REMAKING THE ILLUSTRATED MAN!!! I hope the Ray Bradbury fans amongst us appreciate this. Now let’s go watch them screw it up again. Speaking of movies, I like to keep an eye out for children’s books turned into films. What I don’t always think to look out […]