Come On In: A List Of Retellings
Recently, Laura wrote a fantastic post on the importance of retelling. In it, she talks about the popular use of the hero’s journey in fiction, and how it’s typically a […]
Category Archives: Reading Lists
The Book Wars Presents: The Annual Summer Reading List
Summer is here! A few weeks ago, I (Nafiza) posted a summer reading list by Debbie Reese et al which includes mostly multicultural books and that had quite a wonderful […]
We Are The People: Summer Reading List
I’m sharing a multicultural reading list sent my way through various emails. From the email: Early in 2015, Edith Campbell invited a handful of colleagues who share a passion for […]
Rocky Relationships: The Case of Internalized Sexism
First matter of business to attend to: go read Nafiza’s post on Fictional Female Friendship. Done? Good. Because my post is something like a lego block that sits atop of Nafiza’s. While I […]
Ellington Was Not A Street: On Black Musicians, Poets, and Philosophers
As promised, I have another list of books to recommend– this time, largely of Black musicians, poets, and philosophers. Unlike the last list, however, not every book here is non-fiction. […]
Let It Shine: On Black Women Freedom Fighters
See, in Indian schools (the ones I attended, at least) we focused only briefly on the Civil Rights Movement*, and knew very little about figures like Martin Luther King Jr., […]
Book Report: What I Read This Fall (Or Not)
So how’d I do on my fall TBR list? (Because I’m sure you’re dying to know, right?) Well… Here are the books: The Green and Burning Tree: on the Writing […]
Realistic Stories: The Next Big Thing?
I’m often asked – whether while working at Kaleidoscope or at conferences or in general conversation – what’s the next big thing going to be in children’s and young adult literature? […]
Book Lists: Books That Deal with Bullying
I just wrote a review for Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina and I talked a bit about how books may help kids deal with their own issues […]
