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Educators’ Guide for A Girl, a Racoon, and the Midnight Moon by Karen Romano Young, Illustrated by Jessixa Bagley

A Girl, a Racoon, and the Midnight Moon
Author: Karen Romano Young
Illustrator: Jessixa Bagley
Published: January 7th, 2020 by Chronicle Books

Summary: In a slightly fantastical New York City, one very special library branch has been designated for possible closure. Bookish, socially awkward Pearl, the daughter […]

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William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad by Don Tate

By Kellee On October 20, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Background Knowledge, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Multicultural, Narrative Nonfiction, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Writing

William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad
Author & Illustrator: Don Tate
Publication Date: November 1, 2020 by Peachtree Publishing Company

Summary: You might be familiar with Harriet Tubman and other key leaders of the Underground Railroad, […]

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Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History by Walter Dean Myers

By Ricki On July 7, 2020 · 1 Comment · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Background Knowledge, Biography/Autobiography/Memoir, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Conflict, Inferring, Inquiry, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Picture Book, Read Aloud

Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Publication Date: January 24, 2017 by HarperCollins

Summary: In this picture book biography, the late New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers and acclaimed artist Floyd Cooper take readers on […]

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This is My America by Kim Johnson

By Ricki On June 25, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Asking Questions, Author's Purpose/Perspective/Bias, Background Knowledge, Characterization, Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Compare/Contrast, Conflict, Dialogue, Foreshadowing, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Multicultural, Novel, Realistic Fiction/Contemporary Fiction, Theme, Voice

This is My America
Author: Kim Johnson
Published: February 28, 2017 by Balzer + Bray

GoodReads Summary: Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.

Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the […]

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Black Lives Matter: Anti-Racist Strategies

By Kellee On June 9, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Asking Questions, Teaching

Black Americans: We see you, we hear you, we support you, and we condemn the violent acts against Black Americans that happen too frequently in the United States including the murders most recently of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, David McAtee, Tony McDade, and Breonna Taylor. Black. Lives. Matter.

Racism is a […]

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Educators’ and Discussion Guide for What Can a Citizen Do? by Dave Eggers

By Kellee On August 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment · In Classroom Library Buy, Close Reading/Analysis, Literature Circle/Book Clubs, Picture Book, Read Aloud, Reflection, Symbolism, Teaching, Theme, Vocabulary/Vocabulary Development

What Can a Citizen Do?
Author: Dave Eggers
Illustrator: Shawn Harris
Published: September 11th, 2018 by Chronicle Books

Summary: This is a book about what citizenship—good citizenship—means to you, and to us all: Across the course of several seemingly unrelated but ultimately connected actions by different […]

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