The Undefeated By Kwame Alexander, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. The Undefeated is an illustrated poem that serves as “a love letter to black life in the United States.” The book begins by honoring the resiliency of Black Americans in the face of “unspeakable” tragedies since enslavement, then proclaiming the fierce bravery of activists who changed […]
Month: January 2021
Jacob Riis’s Camera: Bringing Light too Tenement Children
This picture book details the life of Jacob Riis and how he fought to change New York City for the better. Riis was an immigrant from Denmark who came to New York to make his fortune, but like so many others in the 1800s he found that jobs for immigrants in America were difficult to […]
Women Who Dared, Written by Linda Skeers, Illustrated by Livi Gosling
52 stories of fearless daredevils, adventurers & rebels. Amazing, daring, and dangerously brave women who are rarely mentioned in our history books. Looking for a text that shatters boundaries and supports female triumphs? Look no further! Meet a young girl raised by a single mother in Harlem who became a highly educated North and South […]