Kyle Lukoff’s Too Bright to See (2021)
I don’t know if the title of Kyle Lukoff’s debut middle-grade novel Too Bright to See (2021) was inspired by Lesléa Newman’s Too Far Away to Touch (1998), but I […]
Kate Moore’s The Radium Girls (2020)
I just finished Kate Moore’s young reader’s edition of The Radium Girls. Wow! I was emotionally engaged from beginning to end. Moore tells the story of hundreds of young women […]
Leah Henderson’s Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues (2020)
Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues, written by Leah Henderson and illustrated by George Doutsiopoulos, is a wonderful biography of a fascinating character, but that’s not […]
Vivian Kirkfield’s Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Etta Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe (2020)
Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Etta Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe does a wonderful job bringing two women and their friendship to life while exploring the ways race […]
Annette Bay Pimentel’s All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything (2020)
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything is the book that has been missing from my collection. That makes it an […]
Kwame Alexander’s The Undefeated (2019)
Written by Kwame Alexander and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, The Undefeated, is a visual and textual ode to the strength and determination of Black Americans. Word and image stand in […]
Deborah Hopkinson’s Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers Rights (2020)
Written by Deborah Hopkinson and illustrated by Kristy Caldwell, Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers Rights (2020) brings the social and political landscape that inspired Perkins’ labor activism to […]
Raise Them Righteous 