It’s Banned Book Week! These two books are exemplary fictional explorations on the subject of book banning. Both book includes reference to real-life book bans, which creates the potential for an ongoing reading list. Often humorous and propulsive these books would make for great classroom or family read-alouds at any time throughout the year. Ban […]
As I wrote about last week, Oct 5th through 11th is Banned Book Week; a week where libraries and other organizations invested in the first amendment celebrate the books that have been banned in the past and push back against attempts to censor books. As part of the week, I interviewed Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s Director, […]
Elise Gravel knocks it out of the park with this informational graphic novel on misinformation. Youngest reader review, “It’s very funny!” Middle reader review, “WHAT?” (Shock and awe over facts). Parents, educators, and librarians: rejoice! That dry sounding topic “information literacy” finally has a book to make kids laugh and think. Gravel covers what “fake […]
Pam Muñoz Ryan. Excellent school-wide author study potential, as Muñoz Ryan has written picture books, early readers, and novels. Her novels span a range of genres, from historical to contemporary to fantasy. Her books have won multiple awards and honors. Muñoz Ryan was the 2024 Children’s Literature Legacy Award recipient. “People frequently ask me, “What […]
by Zadie Smith Format: Physical Book Primary Doorways: Character Genre: Historical Fiction Read for: Revelations about being human While Mrs. Lewes only shows up once or twice in Zadie Smith’s novel, The Fraud, her most famous (?) novel, Middlemarch is abundantly present. Middlemarch is subtitled “the study of a provincial life” and Smith continues that […]
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