(I Just Can’t Get No) Satisfaction: Locating Longing in Benjamin’s The Arcades Project and Our Queer Kid Lit
By Jennifer Miller, University of Texas at Arlington Presented at Children’s Literature Association Conference 2021 Contact: jennifermiller@uta.edu/@jlmiller516 I. Introduction My presentation, “(I Just Can’t Get No) Satisfaction: Locating Longing in […]
Brad Meltzer’s I am Billie Jean King (2019)
Written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos, I am Billie Jean King, is a timely biography of activist and athlete Billie Jean King. Much of the text deals […]
Margaret Baker-Street’s Michael and Me (2014)
Margaret Baker-Street’s Michael and Me (2014) is a first-person narrative focused on a second-grade boy named Brian and his reaction to a classmate’s gender transition. The story opens at the […]
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 […]
Karin Littlewood’s Immi’s Gift (2010) and Farhana Zia’s Lali’s Feather (2020)
Karin Littlewood’s Immi’s Gift and Farhana Zia’s Lali’s Feather are two Peachtree publications featuring creative characters who embrace nature imaginatively. Although published 10 years apart, both books celebrate cultural diversity, […]
Ammie Elliott’s Origami Orchestra (2018)
Origami Orchestra (2018) is a beautiful children’s picture book sure to encourage sweet dreams. The gorgeous bedtime story is thoughtfully written by Ammie Elliott. The story, told in the first-person, […]
Katrina McKelvey’s Isla’s Family Tree (2020)
Isla’s Family Tree (2020), written by Katrina McKelvey and illustrated by Prue Pittock, is a warm and inviting story that manages to be both minimalist and richly specific. The red-haired […]
Raise Them Righteous 