#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Genocide, revised & expanded edition

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Cover of Genocide

First published in 2006, this revised and expanded edition of Genocide updates information and case studies through the beginning of 2024. This allows the author to address both the brutal October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israeli communities and a music festival, and the Israeli Defense Force’s bombardment of and withholding of humanitarian supplies from Palestinian … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Genocide, revised & expanded edition

#Dec Displays – Celebrating Germany – By what are we known

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This post originally appeared in my blog - Informative Flights on the 17th of November, 2024 For a while now I've been wanting to highlight the curation of books related to the countries and cultures of our students, and finally this year I got around to creating posters "Celebrating xxx" which I post to our … Continue reading #Dec Displays – Celebrating Germany – By what are we known

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Smash the Patriarchy

Posted on by Nanette McGuinness

"Up for smashing the patriarchy?" "Yes!""Yeah!""But... What is the patriarchy, exactly?" So goes the opening dialogue in Smash the Patriarchy, a fabulous graphic novel for upper YA readers. The much-deserving winner of this year’s GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, it describes and defines terms such as “the male gaze,” “slut-shaming,” and, yes, “the patriarchy” with … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Smash the Patriarchy

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu

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The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu is the engagingly told story of a lesser-known figure from an important part of 20th century history, Edith Garrud. A 2024 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Honor Book, this superb nonfiction graphic novel connects the dots between women’s suffrage, their personal freedom, and their ability to … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and Jujitsu

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: An Interview with Author and Translator Lyn Miller-Lachmann

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Lyn Miller-Lachmann is a multiply published author whose books include Torch, Moonwalking, Gringolandia, and Rogue, among many. She also is the translator (primarily from Portuguese and also Spanish into English) of a number of books for young readers, including Three Balls of Wool, Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words, and Pardalita, a 2024 Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: An Interview with Author and Translator Lyn Miller-Lachmann

#Veganuary: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass  Ok, so you are wondering why my first book featured for Veganuary isn’t about animals. This is because I didn’t come to the animal rights movement overnight. My quest for justice began with other social justice movements.  As a West African, slavery is a significant and traumatic part … Continue reading #Veganuary: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

#DegrowthLitMonth: Africa Is Not A Country

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Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa, by Dipo Faloyin Published: 06/04/2023 ISBN: 9781529114829 Length: 400 pages Publisher: Penguin This book is one of my favorite reads of 2023. Whilst not specifically about degrowth, Faloyin takes us through the history of modern Africa and how it came to be divided into the … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Africa Is Not A Country

Welcome to #DegrowthLitMonth!

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Hello!  I’m Erin Remblance and I’ll be your host for the month of December, taking you through degrowth and degrowth-aligned literature from authors around the world. I am a Sydney-based writer, researcher, co-creator of (re)Biz, wife, and mother of three children. I’m a passionate advocate for our planet and taking action aligned with what the physics demands … Continue reading Welcome to #DegrowthLitMonth!

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The 2023 Eisner Nominees

Posted on by Nanette McGuinness

Looking to dip your toe into the ocean of new graphic novels (in translation) for children and young adults? Reading the Eisners is the perfect approach. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards are the comic kingdom’s equivalent of the Oscars, with the winners announced annually at San Diego Comic Con. Children’s graphic novels in translation appear in the obvious … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The 2023 Eisner Nominees

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Night Raven

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A book is a promise. Its pages can offer adventure, an escape into a world from another time or place. The first book in The Moonwind Mysteries, The Night Raven, and its sequel, The Queen of Thieves, are gripping upper MG novels that fulfill this promise—and then some. Set in a gritty, Dickensian version of … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Night Raven