Meet Yuyi Morales, illustrator of the 2004 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award winning title for younger children, ‘Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez.’ Read a summary of the […]
Category: Social Justice Learning
Lynda Blackmon Lowery: Use Steady Loving Confrontation
Meet Lynda Blackmon Lowery coauthor (along with Elsbeth Leacock & Susan Buckley) of the 2016 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winning Title for Older Children, ‘Turning 15 on the Road […]
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Debbie Levy: Ask Open-Ended Questions
Intermediate & Middle School Activity Meet Debbie Levy author of the 2017 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor Title ‘I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark.’ Read a […]
Kadir Nelson: Challenging Us to Fill Our Days With Creating
Intermediate & Middle School Activity Meet artist Kadir Nelson, author and illustrator of the 2012 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor Title, ‘Heart and Soul: The Story of America and […]
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Elizabeth Suneby: A Window into a Girls’ School in Afghanistan
Intermediate & Middle School Activity Meet Elizabeth Suneby, author of the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award 2014 Honor Title, ‘Razia’s Ray of Hope: One Girl’s Dream of an Education.’ Read […]
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Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E. Ransome: Ask Why
Intermediate & Middle School Activity Meet Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome, husband and wife team and author and illustrator of the 2018 Jane Addams Children’s Books Award Honor Title, ‘Before […]
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Duncan Tonatiuh: Looking at Injustice
Intermediate & Middle School Activity Meet Duncan Tonatiuh, author of the 2015 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winning Title for Younger Children, ‘Separate is Never Equal.’ Read a summary of […]
Susan L. Roth: Let’s (Not) Hold Hands (Just for Now)
Intermediate & Middle School Activity Meet Susan L. Roth author (along with co-author Cindy Trumbore) and illustrator of the 2012 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winning Title for Younger Children, […]
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Renee Watson: Have a Conversation About Making Joy
Intermediate & Middle School Activity Meet Renee Watson Author of ‘Piecing Me Together,’ A Jane Addams Children’s Book Award 2018 Honor Title for Older Children. Read a summary of the […]
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Linda Sue Park: Empathize and Make Your World a Better Place
Intermediate & Middle School Activity Meet Linda Sue Part, author two Jane Addams Children’s Book Award titles for older children, ‘My Name is Keko’ a 2003 honor title and ‘A […]
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