Written by Linda Sue Park It’s year 1880. After her mother’s death, young Hanna – a half-Chinese, half-American girl – moves from California to a Little-House-inspired settler town in search of a fresh start. She dreams of making new friends and becoming a fine dressmaker to continu...
In a setting that will be recognized by fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder’sLittle Housebooks, this compelling story of resolution and persistence, told with humor, insight, and charm, offers a fresh look at a long-established view of history. What I like about this book: Linda Sue Park has p...
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explores the complications of teaching children about the transatlantic slave trade, and discusses several books, including "Anna Hibiscus," by Atinuke, illustrated by Lauren Tobia, "A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story," by Linda Sue Park, and "A Girl Called Problem," by Katie Quir...
4. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park 琳达·休·帕克《漫漫求水路》 This is definitely one of the must-read children’s book. A story of two people of the same country, but of different tribes and times – both finding themselves on this long, tiring and often dangerous walk of ...
Pure by Linda Kay Klein Date Read: March 4, 2022 As someone who grew up under the influence of purity culture and still deals with some of the psychological damage it caused, I was intrigued to read this. I really appreciated everything that Linda Kay Klein shared and could relate to...
Linda Sue Park(honorary Children’s Internship Grant committee chair and Newbery Award–winning author):“I wanted to work on widening inclusion among publishing interns because of a conversation I had many years ago with Walter Dean Myers. We were discussing diversity in children’s publishing —...
Meredith Sue Willis, the producer of this occasional newsletter, is a writer and teacher and enthusiastic reader. Her books have been published byCharles Scribner's Sons,HarperCollins,Ohio University Press,Mercury House,West Virginia University Press,Monteymayor Press,Teachers & Writers Press,Mountain...
A Single Shardby Linda Sue Park When I was working more seriously on reading all theNewbery winners, I picked this one up, knowing exactly nothing about it. A story about potters in 12th century Korea might not sound thrilling but this book is PHENOMENAL. I listened to it again with my ...