Category: fiction

Rostam’s Picture-Day Pusteen
by Ryan Bani Tahmaseb (Author) and Fateme Mokhles (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Rostam and Maman recently moved to the United States, and Baba is still working in Iran. Now it’s picture day at school, and Rostam doesn’t want to wear his pusteen. Even though Baba wore it when he was little, and it’s beautiful and soft, Rostam worries that the other kids will think it’s weird.

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Red Is Not Angry, Blue Is Not Sad
by Luis Amavisca (Author), Alicia Acosta (Author), Anuska Allepuz (Illustrator)

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Booktalk: Three friends, Bear, Deer and Squirrel are having a picnic. They are waiting for their friend Fox to join them. When he turns up wearing his blue t-shirt, everyone assumes he’s sad. Fox is confused — why do they think he is sad? He feels happy. Why does blue have to be associated with sadness? And why is red linked to anger? Fox wants to be free to like and wear all different colors!

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Also available in Spanish as El rojo no está enojado, el azul no está triste

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