Showing posts with label young adult authors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label young adult authors. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 08, 2020

New book by Yusuf Salaam- Central Park Five/ Exonerated Five

 

Yusuf Salaam, educator and one of the Central Park Five /Exonerated Five, has co-written a new young adult novel called Punching the Air. The book is about a 16 year old teenager who is imprisoned for throwing a punch.



An interview with Salaam can be found at https://www.npr.org/2020/08/29/907224206/punching-the-air-tells-a-story-of-hope-behind-bars 

Earlier posts about the Exonerated Five may be found here on this blog

https://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2013/04/central-park-five-issues-and-lesson.html

Tuesday, June 09, 2020

Children's/YA Authors Rally-KidLit4BlackLives-BLM

Kids
To view the video, click the link below
KidLit4BlackLives

Recently (June 5, 2020)  children's and young adult authors joined together to share poetry, music and art on the theme of Black Lives Matter.

Watch your favorite authors on youtube at https://youtu.be/fElXu_MdRrs

Booklists that may be of interest:

Black History for Young Children
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-01/Library-Bib-BLACKHISTORYMONTHyounger-1-30-20.pdf

Black History for Older Children
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-BLACKHISTORYMONTHRESOURCESolderreaders-5-1-2020.pdf

Multicultural Picture and Chapter Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-MULTICULTURALPICTUREBOOKS-5-1-2020.pdf

Multicultural Chapter and Secondary Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-MULTICULTURALSECONDARYBOOKS-5-1-2020.pdf

Global Picture Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2019-10/Library-Bib-GlobalJuvenileLiterature-9-23-19.pdf

Global Secondary Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-GLOBALSECONDARYBOOKS-5-1-2020.pdf

Read, discuss, engage.