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Vaunda Micheaux Nelson: Voices from History

Martin and Root — Thu, 27 May 2021 12:00:22 +0000

Books have been a part of Vaunda Micheaux Nelson’s life since the day she was born. “My mother found my name in a novel she was reading,” Nelson says. Books and family and history form a thread through many of Nelson’s award-winning picture books.

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Books Set in Bookstores

Vicki Palmquist — Tue, 26 May 2020 12:00:12 +0000

For many of us, wandering around inside a bookstore is our Happy Place. It can also be a place of mystery, surprise, romance, adventure, how-tos, and an opportunity to tap into the knowledge of the universe. Here then are fifteen books for children that are set in bookstores.

Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret
written by D.D.

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School Desegregation in Children’s Literature

Marsha Qualey — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:00:58 +0000

by The Bookologist
In this month’s “From the Editor,” Marsha Qualey share’s scholar Rudine Sims Bishop’s observation that while there are many nonfiction books for children and YAs about the civil rights events of the 1950s, not too many authors have tackled the topics in fiction. One exception might be school desegregation/integration,which is the focus of this month’s timeline.… more

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