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The Better Tree Fort by Jessica Scott Kerrin, illustrated by Qin Leng [in Shelf Awareness]

20 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW In Russell's new backyard stands a giant maple tree with "great big limbs and a trunk so wide, even Russell's dad could not wrap his arms around it." When Russell deems it ideal for a new fort, his dad initially hesitates: "'I don't know...

Favorite Diverse Children’s Books of 2016 [in Utah Journal of Literacy]

07 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Bangladeshi American, Black/African American, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Caribbean American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Indian American, Korean American, Latina/o/x, Lists, Middle Grade Readers, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Persian, Persian American, Repost, South Asian American, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

  ABSTRACT These books feature diverse characters who – in a multiplicity of ways – suffer, learn, and generally triumph in their differences. Varying in genre from picture book to poetry, in setting from Kenya to California, and in ethnic focus from Muslim Bangladeshi to Ojibway/Anishinaaabe (Canadian...

A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O’Leary, illustrated by Qin Leng

11 Oct, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

Talking about families can sometimes be daunting for kids, especially when you can't check off those expected, so-called "traditional" boxes on who's who of your bestest loved ones. Sitting in her classroom discussing "what we thought made our family special," one little girl is not...

Song for a Summer Night: A Lullaby by Robert Heidbreder, illustrated by Qin Leng

30 May, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

In spite of the thunderous rainy hail that greeted me upon arrival at the Salt Lake City airport on Thursday night, I've convinced myself that summer really is on the way in these here mountainous parts! And mark my words: I'm looking forward to the star-gazing...

Norman, Speak! by Caroline Adderson, illustrated by Qin Leng

17 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

When a young boy and his parents go to the animal shelter, they return home with a brown-and-white dog with a stump for a tail because he's the "saddest." "'No one knows his real name,'" the shelter employee explains, "'Norman is what we call him.'"...

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