I’m a sucker for cute covers. I mean, who isn’t? It doesn’t matter if it’s a six year old kindergartener walking among the stacks in my library or if it’s a forty-four year old man (me!) walking through Barnes and Noble, readers are drawn to books initially due to the cover art. I have a…
Month: February 2018
2018 Theodore Seuss Geisel Award Picture Book Review: Charle & Mouse by Lauren Snyder, Illustrated by Emily Hughes
The American Library Association Youth Media Awards have once again come and gone. When I was in graduate school my professors weren’t overly fond of the awards (Newberry, Caldecott, Geisel, etc.) because of the politics involved in the selection process. I look at the books selected as examples of quality books that deserve recognition for…
Winners and Losers: Understanding Race in America through a Game of Monopoly
Special Note I have to admit that this idea did not come from my own creative brain. While attending a series of workshops on race and equality in schools I heard a presenter explain a teacher’s use of Monopoly to help explain privilege in America. I took that metaphor and extended it to use in…
