Author & Developmental Editor
Thanku: Poems of Gratitude
by Miranda Paul (Editor) and Marlena Myles (Illustrator)
Booktalk: This poetry anthology, edited by Miranda Paul, explores a wide range of ways to be grateful (from gratitude for a puppy to gratitude for family to gratitude for the sky) with poems by a diverse group of contributors, including Joseph Bruchac, Margarita Engle, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Charles Waters, and Jane Yolen.
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White Rose
by Kip Wilson (Author)
Booktalk: Disillusioned by the propaganda of Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl, her brother, and his fellow soldiers formed the White Rose, a group that wrote and distributed anonymous letters criticizing the Nazi regime and calling for action from their fellow German citizens. The following year, Sophie and her brother were arrested for treason and interrogated for information about their collaborators. Historical novel-in-verse
Snippet:
GUILTY
Letter from Hans, December 1937
Dear family,
Danke, Vati
for coming
to visit me.
I’m so sorry
you have to endure a child in prison
so sorry
to have brought this
suffering to the family.
But I am who I am and I promise you:
I’ll make everything good again.
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