Mark Baildon here. This review essay shares personal impressions of COP28 in Dubai the United Arab Emirates and draws on the lens of stories to examine the event, climate change, and potential solutions to the climate crisis. My experiences and perceptions of COP28 are limited, based on three visits and two presentations in the Green … Continue reading #UAEReads: COP28 and the Stories-We-Live-By
#UAEReads: The Earth Is Damp With Knowledge in Aya Ghanameh’s “These Olive Trees”
Mark and Rindi Baildon here. These Olive Trees: A Palestinian Family's Story Author and Illustrator: Aya Ghanameh Languages: English Published by Viking Books for Young Readers at Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780593525180. Borrowed via Libby. Aya Ghanameh's These Olive Trees weaves a compelling tapestry of the Palestinian experience through a family narrative of Palestinian agency and resilience … Continue reading #UAEReads: The Earth Is Damp With Knowledge in Aya Ghanameh’s “These Olive Trees”
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: You Can’t Kill Snow White
At the risk of repeating myself yet again, picture books are for everyone. They are most certainly appropriate for young adults, especially when they are bold, daring, and splashed with a bit of danger. Published by Enchanted Lion Books' new picture book imprint Unruly, You Can't Kill Snow White is both a new interpretation and … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: You Can’t Kill Snow White
#UAEReads – #WorldKidLit Wednesday with Emirati Kid Reviewers: A Spotlight On My Favorite Stories by Beloved Emirati Author Maitha Al Khayat
Noor Al Owais here. Grandma Moudi is a Fashionista is a picture book by author/illustrator Maitha Al Khayat about a grandma who likes to travel around the world and go on adventures. Grandma Moudi is a Fashionista Author: Maitha Al Khayat Illustrator: Vanina Starkoff Published by: Kalimat (2017) ISBN: 9789948181484 Languages: Arabic and Italian Noura tells us about her … Continue reading #UAEReads – #WorldKidLit Wednesday with Emirati Kid Reviewers: A Spotlight On My Favorite Stories by Beloved Emirati Author Maitha Al Khayat
# WorldKidLit Wednesday: My Body in Pieces
Each day I focus on finding fault with my body, one piece at a time. In this poignant, personal graphic memoir for ages 14+, author/illustrator Marie-Noëlle Hébert shares her struggles with body image. The memoir opens with her aged 20, living alone in an empty apartment, admitting to her mom that she’s not doing too … Continue reading # WorldKidLit Wednesday: My Body in Pieces
#UAEReads – #WorldKidLit Wednesday with Emirati Kid Reviewers: Two Great Leaders
Abdulla Al Owais here. Today, I will tell you about one of the picturebooks that I have read. Two Great Leaders Author: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai Illustrator: Aysha Saif Al Hemrani Published by: Explorer Publishing & Distribution (2016) ISBN: 9781785969321 I actually won this book last year at school when I … Continue reading #UAEReads – #WorldKidLit Wednesday with Emirati Kid Reviewers: Two Great Leaders
#WORLDKIDLITWEDNESDAY: What Makes Us Human
Described as a "poetic riddle" emphasizing the importance that language holds in our lives today, and the fragile position that it increasingly occupies, What Makes Us Human is a book filled with gentle surprises. Beginning with a time when the idea of a language was still new, to the breathtakingly beautiful spread that shows how … Continue reading #WORLDKIDLITWEDNESDAY: What Makes Us Human
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady
1808. The Napoleonic wars. In Ghent, a draft for the Emperor’s army is looming and the respectable Hoste family is in financial trouble. From the very first sentence, Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady is the engaging story of the two oldest Hoste siblings, 18-year-old Constance ("Stance") and her entitled 14-year-old brother Pieter (Piers), whom … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Ferris Wheel
On one side of the world, a boy looks out his window to watch colorful fireworks burst in the sky. In another part of the world, a girl presses her face to her window as she sees rockets and bombs strike her neighborhood. Their lives are so very different, yet in the Turkish picture book … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Ferris Wheel
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: All in a Day
So much can happen in a day! Especially for the residents of a busy apartment block and the surrounding community. In her picture book All in a Day, renowned Japanese paper-cut artist Chihiro Takeuchi invites readers to explore the concept of time in the beautiful neighborhood she has created. The focal point of the story–and … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: All in a Day
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