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WILLIAM STILL and HIS FREEDOM STORIES: Father of the Underground Railroad #READYOURWORLD

January 30, 2021 By Claire Annette Noland Leave a Comment

WILLIAM STILL and HIS FREEDOM STORIES: Father of the Underground Railroad #READYOURWORLD

It’s Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021 #ReadYourWorld It is so exciting to come across a book that opens you eyes. Thanks to Peachtree Publishing, I am sharing an amazing true story about a man that everyone should know about. WILLIAM STILL and HIS FREEDOM STORIES: Father of the Underground Railroad By Don Tate (author and […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books Tagged With: Don Tate, Underground Railroad, WILLIAM STILL and HIS FREEDOM STORIES: Father of the Underground Railroad

Are your kids experiencing big feelings? It’s time to read Fred’s Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers

September 2, 2020 By Claire Annette Noland 5 Comments

Are your kids experiencing big feelings? It’s time to read Fred’s Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers

This has been a year of big emotions for everyone. Confusion, sadness, and anger come to mind but there have also been joyful, playful, and even silly times. Children need to understand that experiencing different emotions is okay. We all need   FRED’S BIG FEELINGS: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers By Laura Renauld […]

Filed Under: Biographies, picture books Tagged With: Fred's Big Feelings- The Life and Legacy of Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rogers picture book biography

Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina

March 14, 2020 By Claire Annette Noland 5 Comments

Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina

As a child, my two favorite things were ballet and books so I am excited to discover a book that combines both. Best of all, it is the true story of a dancer who inspires others to persist in fulfilling their dreams. Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina By Lea Lyon […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Inspirations, picture books Tagged With: African American dancers, ballet in picture books, Bookmobiles in picture books, How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina, Sylvia Townsend

RAILWAY JACK – The True Story of an Amazing Baboon A review and chat with debut author KT Johnston 

January 10, 2020 By Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

RAILWAY JACK – The True Story of an Amazing Baboon  A review and chat with debut author KT Johnston 

RAILWAY JACK – The True Story of an Amazing Baboon A review and chat with debut author KT Johnston RAILWAY JACK The True Story of an Amazing Baboon By KT Johnston (author) and César Samaniego (illustrator) Capstone Publishing 2020 Picture book for grades 3-5 but older and younger children will also find this book fascinating […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Books, picture books Tagged With: Baboons, KT Johnston. Service Animals, Railway Jack - The True Story of an Amazing Baboon

With a Star in My Hand – Rubén Darío , Poetry Hero, a review

October 15, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

With a Star in My Hand – Rubén Darío , Poetry Hero, a review

Today is the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month which began on September 15th. To celebrate I’d like to share the latest novel-in-verse by Cuban-American author, Margarita Engle. With a Star in My Hand – Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero Margarita Engle Simon and Schuster (release date: 2/28/20) Historical Fiction in verse for ages 12 and […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, Places Tagged With: Margarita Engle, Nicaragua in children's books, With a Star in My Hand - Rubén Darío

DANCING HANDS: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln on Perfect Picture Book Friday

September 27, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

DANCING HANDS: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln on Perfect Picture Book Friday

I am excited to share a perfect picture book biography for Perfect Picture Book Friday-   DANCING HANDS: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln By Margarita Engle (author) and Rafael López (illustrator) Published by Atheneum/Simon and Schuster August 2019 Nonfiction Picture Book Biography for ages 4-8 Themes: biography, arts, refugees Places: Venezuela, […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Inspirations, picture books Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln in picture books, Dancing Hands, Margarita Engle, perfect picture book Friday, pianists in picture books, Rafael Lopez, Teresa Carreño children's biography

Ruth Asawa- A Sculpting Life on Picture Perfect Friday

September 20, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

Ruth Asawa- A Sculpting Life on Picture Perfect Friday

I’m excited that Susan Hill’s Perfect Picture Book Friday link up is back in business. I have a perfect picture book to share today. RUTH ASAWA – A Sculpting Life By Joan Schoettler (author) and Traci Van Wagoner (illustrator) Pelican Publishing 2018 Nonfiction picture book biography for ages 5-10 Themes/ topics: Art, overcoming adversity, creativity, […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Bookish Field Trips, Books, picture books Tagged With: art and artists in children's books, Joan Schoettler, perfect picture book Friday, Ruth Asawa - A Sculpting Life, Ruth Asawa picture book biography, Traci Van Wagoner

Who is Matilda Joslyn Gage?

March 26, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

Who is Matilda Joslyn Gage?

March is Women’s History Month where we pay tribute to fearless women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth, Cady Stanton, and Matilda Joslyn Gage. Wait, you’ve never heard of Matilda Joslyn Gage? Well, there’s a reason for that as you will learn while reading Born Criminal – Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Suffragist Written by Angelica Shirley […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Books, Places Tagged With: Angelica Shirley Carpenter author, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Suffragists - biography

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Review of First Generation – 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great

January 25, 2019 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

Multicultural Children’s Book Day Review of First Generation – 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great

It is Multicultural Children’s Book Day and I am thrilled to share an important book which should be on your “must read” list in today’s difficult political and social climate. First Generation 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great By Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace (authors) and Agata Nowicka (illustrator) Little Brown […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Books, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld, First Generation 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great, Immigrant biographies for children, Multicultural Children's Book Day

If I Kiss You, Will I Get Diabetes? – a review

August 1, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

If I Kiss You, Will I Get Diabetes? – a review

From time to time, life throws a new challenge your way. I remember the day that our son was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. A whole new road had to be maneuvered, new vocabulary learned, and meal planning became filled with extra importance. I wish back then that we had the book:   If I […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Books, Family Tagged With: Children's books about diabetes, If I kiss You Will I Get Diabetes?, Quinn Nystrom

Under the Sea – mapping an unknown world

April 23, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 3 Comments

Under the Sea – mapping an unknown world

  Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea; Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor by Robert Burleigh (author)  Raúl Colón (illustrator) Simon & Schuster (2016) picture book biography grades Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea is a book for anyone interested in maps and map-making. It tells the story of Marie Tharp who,as a girl, loved maps. She […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Blogging A to Z, book maps, Books, Family Tagged With: a to z blog challenge, Maps in Children's Books, Marie Tharps, Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea; Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor, undersea treasure

B is for Biography – mapping a trip around the world

April 2, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

B is for Biography – mapping a trip around the world

Welcome to Day 2 of Blogging A to Z where I’m blogging this year about maps found in children’s books.  I love to find a biography that includes maps of where the subject lived and traveled. I am fascinated by Nelly Bly and all that she accomplished. She was the ultimate traveler! The Daring Nellie […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Blogging A to Z, book maps, Books Tagged With: Blogging a to z, Maps in Children's Books, Nellie Bly

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library – #ReadYourWorld

January 25, 2018 By Claire Annette Noland 5 Comments

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library – #ReadYourWorld

SCHOMBURG: THE MAN WHO BUILT A LIBRARY by Carol Boston Weatherford (author) and Eric Velasquez (illustrator) Picture book for ages 7 – adult Candlewick Press: 2017 Can you imagine building a library? I can and I’ve found my inspiration. Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was an amazing man unfamiliar to most people. But, everyone should know his […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Books, Multicultural Children's Books, picture books Tagged With: #ReadYourWorld2018, Arturo Schomburg, Libraries - picture books, Multicultural Children's Book Day, Schomburg Center for Research in Back Culture, SCHOMBURG: THE MAN WHO BUILT A LIBRARY

The Life and Legacy of Pura Belpre lives on in Fresno

November 1, 2017 By Claire Annette Noland 4 Comments

The Life and Legacy of Pura Belpre lives on in Fresno

    Here in the Central Valley of California, we are fortunate to have Artes de Americas , a museum whose mission is to make Central California a flourishing place for Latino arts.  For the past few weeks, a number of REFORMA  de Fresno* members Josie Bustos, Aideed Medina, Armando “Luie”Garcia, Ivan Calimano, Sandra Rios Balderrama […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Library Love, Multicultural Children's Books Tagged With: Artes de Americas, Dia de los Muertes, Latino Children's Literature, Pura Belpre, Pura Belpre Award, Reforma de Fresno, The Storyteller's Candle

V is for Vigilante

April 26, 2017 By Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

V is for Vigilante

Librarians are not shy and meek characters. They are on the forefront of protecting our rights. They fight against censorship and work to make sure that everybody has access to the books and materials they need. Librarians face challenges here but they are nothing like those faced in some other parts of the world. One […]

Filed Under: Biographies, Blogging A to Z, Library Love, Places Tagged With: Abdel Kader Haidara, The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu

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