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Ski Soldier: A World War II Biography
by Louise Borden (Author)

Booktalk: Ever since he first strapped on his mother’s wooden skis when he was seven, Pete Seibert always loved to ski. At 18, Pete enlisted in the U.S. Army and joined the 10th Mountain Division, soldiers who fought on skis in World War II. In the mountains of Italy, Pete encountered the mental and physical horrors of war. When he was severely wounded and sent home to recover, Pete worried that he might never ski again. But with perseverance and the help of other 10th Mountain ski soldiers, he took to the slopes again and fulfilled his boyhood dream–founding the famous ski resort in Vail, Colorado.

Snippet:
But for Pete,
skiing wasn’t just about racing.

It was part of something bigger:
the mountains.

Their silence and their sunshine.

Their storms and their seasons.

Their wide sky
and nights with a million stars.

A 2018 Cybils Poetry nominee

Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
by Wade Hudson (Editor) and Cheryl Willis Hudson (Editor)

Booktalk: What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? Fifty diverse creators lend a voice to young activists with original art, poetry, and prose.

Snippet:
It Helps to Look at
Old Front Page Headlines
by Marilyn Nelson

The earthquakes, the militias. History
hairpins and switchbacks like a mountain road.
Things fall apart, no doubt. But good people wake
every day to thank, and to ask what they can do
today to make things better. People call
things back together when they choose to act
on behalf of our planet and all life
spinning with us on her around the sun.

Hear the entire poem in this Poetry Month video from First Book.

A 2018 Cybils Poetry nominee