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Just in time for Read Across American Day 2021. Facing fear is out with a nice review from Kirkus. The son of undocumented immigrants learns about what threatens to tear apart his family. Hooray! Enrique’s soccer team is going to the tournament. There’s only one problem: Enrique must get his permission slip signed by his father, who refuses to sign it for fear of what will happen when Enrique travels through the checkpoint. “If they find something on your papers, they could send us back across the border, split us up,” says Papá. [...]

How Does Snow Make You feel? Look What a Book can Do! Try building your own snow man or woman.  Dress him or her in any style.       You Don't Even need Snow. Look  What This ESL Class Did.   What does snow mean to you? What does it make you think of? How does it make you feel?   Snow almost always makes me feel HAPPY!

Check out The Tiny Bookstore.  Black owned bookstore in Pgh. See this review: Young Roblay runs through his Somali village practicing for the big race, where only the fastest runners will be declared men. He turns for advice to his grandfather, who tells Roblay of the mighty Shabelle River, which is strong and swift like a cheetah. Roblay must capture that spirit if he is to finish among the winners of the race and become a man. Inspired by her father's storytelling, Khadra Mohammed joins Karen Lynn Williams in retelling this Somali coming-of-age [...]

A Thousand White Butterflies By Jessica Betancourt-Perez and Karen Lynn Williams. Illus. by Gina Maldonado. Jan. 2021. 40p. Charlesbridge, $16.99 (9781580895774). K-Grade 3. REVIEW. First published February 15, 2021 (Booklist). Isabella is excited for her first day of school in a new country, because she knows it means making new friends. She misses those she left behind in Colombia, not to mention her father, who is waiting for permission to join Isabella, her mother, and her grandmother in the U.S. On the much-anticipated day, Isabella wakes up early only to be confronted by [...]

See this awesome video here. Then read this "Ultra-amazing" book. Recommended to "All children in all countries in the whole world." "Buy it today!"  (I like the way these kids think. I will add, order from your local independent bookstore). Then make your own video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFLs5qjqdXY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1_TvOYzzHB3Pm9r0VEuWkoByrqziWFwdu38r9r0VwcVZ8_UKkl9Y_GD3I  

Thanks to Deborah Kalb for featuring Jessica and Me in her Blog Q and A with Deborah Kalb. See it here: https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2021/01/q-with-karen-lynn-williams-and-jessica.html