Author & Developmental Editor
The Bell Rang
by James E. Ransome (Author / Illustrator)
Booktalk: A young slave girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom.
Snippet:
Thursday
I wake to the sound
of Mama and Daddy
searching,
looking.
No sun in the sky.
Mama crying.
No Ben.
Daddy crying.
Ben ran.
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The Squirrel Manifesto
by Ric Edelman (Author), Jean Edelman (Author), and Dave Zaboski (Illustrator)
Booktalk: A modern-day fable in the spirit of The Ant and the Grasshopper that teaches kids–and their parents–the value of spending money, saving for the future, and giving to charity.
Snippet:
If we save just a little
a couple nuts at a time,
it leads to what matters:
Squirrel Peace of Mind.
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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