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Paper Wishes, Emma Patton
Paper Wishes, Emma Patton
Children's Book and Media Review
Ten-year-old Manami’s whole life changes when her family, along with other Japanese-Americans, are forced to move away from their homes to prison camps around the United States. Manami and her family end up in the California desert—a huge change from the beautiful island in Washington where she grew up. After Manami gets her precious dog, Yujiin, taken away during the relocation and after the shock of such dismal living conditions, Manami finds that she is unable to speak. Instead, she finds solace in drawing. She draws pictures and writes notes to Yujiin and releases them into the wind, hoping that …
Love, Amalia, Leah Christopher
Love, Amalia, Leah Christopher
Children's Book and Media Review
Saying goodbye stinks, Amalia decides when her best friend, Martha, moves away. More than losing a friend, it’s as if only-child Amalia is losing a sister, and she is mad at Martha. Now they can’t giggle in class together or enjoy weekly visits to Amalia’s grandmother, Abuelita. Just when her self-pity is at its peak, Amalia receives even more devastating news—Abuelita has died. Reeling from the loss, Amalia doesn’t want to talk to her unfamiliar relatives in town from Mexico and Costa Rica. All she wants to do is curl up in her bed and cry over memories of Abuelita. …
Festivals And Celebrations, Megan Hall
Festivals And Celebrations, Megan Hall
Children's Book and Media Review
People in all corners of the world love to remember important occasions with large celebrations. Although what occasions are chosen for remembrance and how they are celebrated is different across the world, every country and people has its own set of festivals. This book describes some of the most noteworthy festivals and celebrations enjoyed around the world. Celebrations in the book are as varied as a hot air balloon festival in New Mexico to building human towers in Spain. Children will love learning about festivals and celebrations from around the world as they read this book.
If The World Were A Village: A Book About The World’S People, Bailey Ondricek
If The World Were A Village: A Book About The World’S People, Bailey Ondricek
Children's Book and Media Review
This text provides statistics as to the characteristics of the population of the world represented as a village of one hundred people. The book notes important data concerning the population growth of the village, natural resources available to different groups of people, distribution of wealth and food, languages spoken, and so forth. A wonderful teaching tool, the statistics are thought-provoking, and the vibrant chalk illustrations help to make tangible what exactly this village might look like.
We Are Family, Kylee Vidmar-Hackney
We Are Family, Kylee Vidmar-Hackney
Children's Book and Media Review
From first thing in the morning to late parts of the night, families are together celebrating the happy times and comforting each other through the disappointments. Some families are big and others are small. Some family members look like each other and others look very different from one another. No matter where they live, what language they speak, or what they look like, each family has the common factor of love.