Okay, add another picture book (this makes four) to my list of short books that can make you cry. Jerdine Nolen’s Pitching in for Eubie (Amistad, $16.99), illustrated by E.B. Lewis is a quiet story about love and commitment. Eubie, the eldest daughter in the family has been accepted to college. She’s [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 27, 2008
Your for Justice, Ida B. Wells
Another book about intentionality and, okay, one of my all-time favorite rabble-rousers follows Eubie. I must say that picture book biographies often err on the side of too much text, but Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells (Peachtree, $18.95) by Phillip Dray, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn, balances illustrations and information in a way that really [...]
January 20, 2008
The Milestones Project
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. day! To celebrate the day, revisit some of Dr. King’s writing. Dr. Roger Gilles (my husband), a big fan of King’s, recommends these three: “A Time to Break Silence,” King’s speech about the Vietnam war; “Pilgrimage to Nonviolence,” an essay King wrote about his philosophical education; and “Letter from Birmingham [...]
