Rosalyn directly related her philanthropic work for girls’ education in later life to her experience at McTyeire. Rosalyn’s loyalty and love for her alma mater, and particularly her old principal Xue Zheng (who she perhaps felt grateful to for not having expelled her!), can also be seen ...
TheAstrid Lindgren Memorial Award(ALMA) is a global award, given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. Created by the Swedish government in 2002, it offers a prize of five million Swedish kronor, the largest award of i...
Age/grade level:4 to 8 years old Best for Young Kids What Makes a Baby PHOTO: Amazon $19$13 at Amazon$13 at Walmart Why We Like It:This book has content geared toward the youngest kids, with fully inclusive language to describe bodies and families. ...
Perfectly poised as an introduction to the worlds of mystery and true crime for young adults, the story follows Pippa, a 17-year-old convinced that the true killer of Andie Bell is still roaming free, five years after her death. With the help of an unexpected ally, Pippa launches an ...
Alfred J. Church wrote many books looking at classical literature, but is especially well known for his re-telling of classic books in a style so that younger readers may follow the story. The Iliad for Boys and Girls is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad, centered around the events of the ...
Eurydice”, this novel-in-verse is a musical and lyrical book about first loves, navigating middle school, and caring for your mental health. This is a book that belongs on middle school shelves all over the world, as it’s breathtakingly beautiful and so important for young queer girls. ...
FABLE,by Adrienne Young, Wednesday Books, Sept. 1, 2020, Hardcover, $18.99 (young adult) As the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home seventeen-year-old Fable has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown du...
s your evolutionary right to tap into your intuition and enjoy every stage of parenthood. A mother of two young boys, she also offers a firsthand account of how she came to follow the tenets of attachment parenting, plus a down-to-earth guide to making this lifestyle work for every kind...
His uncle Thomas, who had left Pittsfield for Illinois, apparently had no help to offer when the young man followed him west. In January 1841 Melville sailed on the whaler “Acushnet,” from New Bedford, Massachusetts, on a voyage to the South Seas. In June 1842 the “Acushnet” anchored...
” [young adult, ages 13 and up] Brian Tashima interviews Meg Eden for #MCBDAutismAcceptance Month: Mystery of the Moonfire: Book Two of the Spectraland Saga by Brian Tashima “Things are going pretty well for seventeen-year-old Joel Suzuki. He doesn’t have a girlfriend yet, but he ...