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- Diverse Kid-Lit Link-Up – 3 February 2018
- Diverse Kid-Lit Link-Up – 4 November 2017
- The Image of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as reflected in Philippine Children’s Literature – by Ann Grace B. Bansig and Darrel Manuel O. Marco
- Diverse Kid-Lit Link-Up – 7 October 2017
- Review: Say Yes by Jennifer Castles and Paul Seden
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Branching Across the World: Trees in Multicultural Children’s Literature
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- Kristin Collins on ‘A Question of Balance’: Disability in Children’s and YA Books from Around the World
- Kristin on Diverse Kid-Lit Link-Up – 3 February 2018
- Kristin on IBBY Review: Off to the Park! by Stephen Cheetham
- Kristin Collins on Links – Author & Illustrator Sites/Blogs
- Kristin Collins on IBBY Review: El Deafo by Cece Bell
Category: Middle-Grade
A Mixed Bag of Great Books for Refugee Week
Today sees the beginning of Refugee Week here in the UK. More than ever we need to be nurturing compassion and empathy in our children so that they grow up able to recognise the toxicity of …
IBBY Review: Paperboy by Vince Vawter
I Am Not My Disability: Outstanding Books For and About Young People with Disabilities
Every two years, the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) chooses outstanding books for and about young …
Interview: Sita Brahmachari
Author Sita Brahmachari‘s latest book is Car Wash Wish, her second novella for Barrington Stoke, a UK publisher who specialise in making books accessible to struggling readers, with a special emphasis on dyslexia. It’s an …
Revisited: Where the Steps Were by Andrea Cheng
Where the Steps Were
by Andrea Cheng
(Wordsong, 2008)
Where the Steps Were is a story told in verse by five third-grade students in an inner-city school, who all come under …
Escaping Conflict, Seeking Peace: Picture books that relate refugee stories, and their importance
This article was a presentation given at the 2012 IBBY Congress in London, first posted here and developed from a PaperTigers.org Personal View, “Caught up in Conflict: Refugee stories about and for young people“.
A bibliography with links to relevant websites is listed by title can be …
Revisited: The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix
The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust
Continue reading …
Revisited: A Refugee Diary series – Hamzat’s Journey
Hamzat’s Journey: A Refugee Diary
written by Anthony Robinson, illustrated by June Allan
(Frances Lincoln, 2009)
Hamzat’s Journey is the third book …
Revisited: A Refugee Diary series – Mohammed’s Journey and Gervalie’s Journey
Mohammed’s Journey: A Refugee Diary
Gervelie’s Journey: A Refugee Diary
written by Anthony Robinson …
Review: Where I Belong by Tara White
Where I Belong
by Tara White
(Tradewind Books, 2014 (Canada)/2015 (US & UK))
Sixteen-year-old Carrie tells her story of what happened in the summer of 1990, …
