March 2012
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WatchYummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke (Lee and Low, 2010).
February 2012
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February Reviews
Hope your February was filled with good reads. Here’s a list of some of the books I dug into this month.
Anno’s Journey (1977) by Mitsumasa Anno
Happy to be Nappy (1999) by bell hooks, illustrated by Chris Raschka.
Anya’s Ghost (2011) by Vera Brosgol.
In the Garden with Dr. Carver (2010) by Susan Grigsby, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell.
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin (2010) by...
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"Knicks' Jeremy Lin holds mirror up to America"... →
“In this country, Asian Americans are stereotyped as the meek and the mild, the ones who will always take the racism,” said Daryl Maeda, an associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado who specializes in Asian American studies. ”There is a perception that it’s OK to offend Asian Americans because they simply won’t fight back.”
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"Is Homophobia Disappearing?" from Salon →
Some tidbits from the article:
Teenage boys sitting on each other’s laps, exchanging back rubs and dolling out hugs: This was the sight that researcher Mark McCormack found when he went to a British high school to research masculinity.
It was a shocking departure from the aggressive homophobia that he himself observed as “a shy, geeky, closeted teenager” in the late ’90s and early 2000s. For...
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Here Are Easy Ways to Have Tough Talks With Kids... →
From the article:
“Race is a central part of every human being’s lived experiences, and it starts from birth. Infants notice skin color differences as young as six months. Children develop the ability to recognize racial differences, label those differences and categorize themselves within a racial group as toddlers. Children usually develop racial orientation, which are positive and...
Read Waking Brain Cells' lovely review of... →
penguinteen:
“This book is short, powerful, and wrenching, yet at the same time it is filled with incandescent writing.”
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Great Gay Teen Books from Alex Sanchez →
Alex Sanchez has compiled a great list of LGBTQ books for teens. He’s the author of a number of books including, Rainbow Boys, So Hard to Say, Getting It, The God Box and Boyfriends with Girlfriends.
“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If...”
– Judy Blume, born today in 1938. (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
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"The Truth About the Slush Pile" →
Goodbye, state funding for California libraries |... →
whereipostthings:
How awful :-(
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The Brown Bookshelf Blog Celebrates Black History... →
I featured The Brown Bookshelf’s 28 Days Later line-up of writers and artists back at the end of January. I’ve headed back there a few times this month and have been introduced to a bunch of folks I hadn’t known before.
If your looking for some new books to check out, do yourself a favor and pop by there yourself.
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Salon reviews The Fault in Our Stars & There is no... →
Why should you, an adult, bother with a novel intended for an audience aged 14 to 18? If you’re among the ever-growing adult readership for YA (young adult) fiction, you’re probably not even asking that question anymore…
Both of these novels ask questions as difficult as those posed by any serious writer: Why do we suffer, why must we die, and what meaning can be found in any of it?...
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Malinda Lo reviews Miseducation of Cameron Post by... →
The Miseducation of Cameron Post has the memoirlike feel of Curtis Sittenfeld’s Prep. While it’s being published as a young adult novel, Cameron Post is certainly also meant for adult readers. The historical specificity makes it especially meaningful for those of us who came of age before the Internet, before Ellen DeGeneres said “Yep, I’m gay,” when lesbian kisses...
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How To Get Kids To Read? Give Them Banned Books.... →
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Reading in Color: "Latinos Don't Fall in Love,... →
I’m loving this new blog. (Thanks to nerdy like a rock star for the rec.) Here’s a little bit of why I’m spending my Sunday afternoon munching through post after post from Reading in Color…
“Latinos Don’t Fall in Love, Asians Don’t Tell Jokes” We also don’t have friendship or sibling drama. No instead people of color live intense lives of...
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Excerpt from Anya's Ghost →
Read an excerpt online from First Second books, then head out and get the real thing.
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On NPR’s Morning Edition:
“Fans Mourn...