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Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees

March 22nd, 2015 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By KRISTIN WALD This straightforward telling of Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees by Franck Prévot, is accompanied by colorful and beautiful illustrations by Aurélia Fronty that help set the tone of hope and action throughout the book. This storybook, based on the true story of a young Kenyan girl who […]

The Cart that Carried Martin

October 5th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Eve Bunting’s latest work has my passion for animals, culture, history, artifacts, and social justice all wrapped up into one children’s book that addresses a brief, albeit important moment in our nation’s collective memory: the funeral procession of Martin Luther King Jr. The Cart that Carried Martin doesn’t focus on Dr. […]

Magic Trash

August 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Pairing rhythmic, sometimes-rhyming prose with expressive illustration, the forthcoming book Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art tells the uplifting story of the Detroit native who saved his neighborhood by creating art out of trash. Beginning by recounting that Guyton made toys for himself and his siblings out of trash […]

My Uncle Martin’s Big Heart

August 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Angela Farris Watkins recounts her childhood memories of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the forthcoming book, My Uncle Martin’s Big Heart. Her recollections are warm and personal, and give children an opportunity to understand what motivated one of the most successful social justice movements of the 20th century. Eric Velasquez’s portrait-like […]

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