Category: picture book

Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History
by Gloria Respress-Churchwell (Author) and Laura Freeman (Illustrator)

Booktalk: In 1947, no African American player can play at a southern school; in return, the opposing team benches a player of “equal talent.” This historical fiction picture book frames a turbulent time in the civil rights era with the clever use of a football play to show race relations and teamwork. Inspired by a true story.

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Ho’onani: Hula Warrior
by Heather Gale (Author) and Mika Song (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Ho’onani feels in-between. She doesn’t see herself as wahine (girl) OR kane (boy).She’s happy to be in the middle. But not everyone sees it that way.

When Ho’onani finds out that there will be a school performance of a traditional kane hula chant, she wants to be part of it. But can a girl really lead the all-male troupe? Ho’onani has to try . . . Based on a true story

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