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Author Archives: rosinskynatalie
Being and Seeing Black Boys and Men
Being and seeing Black boys and men . . . . Transfixed this past month by the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, taking place just eight miles from my Bloomington, Minnesota home, I wondered what … Continue reading
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Back in School? That’s Fantastic
How excited are your students about schools beginning to open up for classroom lessons? If their delight is tinged by a bit of uncertainty, given this past pandemic year of interrupted attendance, a recent graphic novel may provide engaging reassurance. … Continue reading
Zooming Behind the Book Scene
For most students, zoomed instruction has been a poor substitute for in-class learning. Yet COVID-19’s simultaneous lockdown on author/illustrator visits to schools and bookstores has given readers a wonderful opportunity: an abundance of zoomed interviews with these creative people. We … Continue reading
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Tagged graphic novel, Nigeria, Nnedi Okorafor, zoomed author interview
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Class Acts
What a class act the new Biden-Harris administration is! President Biden and his team have brought purpose and hope these past weeks–including efforts that suggest how a return to U.S. classrooms will someday be safe for all. With that hope, … Continue reading
Dark Nights and Brighter Days
This past week’s winter solstice, overlapping with the rarely seen conjunction of planets Jupiter and Saturn, had me rethinking and rereading a similarly special, mysteriously meaningful new picture book, The Wanderer (2020). As I mused about how we rejoice each … Continue reading
New Lights on Hanukkah
Do your spirits need a lift? In this time of raging COVID-19 and President Trump’s outrageous behavior towards President-elect Biden, my heart has been gladdened by picture books casting new light upon Hanukkah. One of these charming works is particularly … Continue reading
Voting Rights and Wrongs
The upcoming presidential election and its aftermath are hot topics! In conversations and the news, questions about voting rights and wrongs are almost unavoidable. A recent book titled Women’s Right to Vote (2020), written by Kate Messner and illustrated by … Continue reading
Graphic Insights into Racism
Since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last May, public outcries have re-focused attention on the injustices that a few years ago triggered today’s Black Lives Matter movement. For readers tween and up, that movement’s emotional center and origins are embodied … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Alitha E. Martinez, Amidou Diallo, Audubon On the Wings of the World, Audubon Society, bird-watching, Black Birders Week, Black Lives Matter, Black Panther, Black Panther: World of Wakanda, Breonna Taylor, Chadwick Boseman, Christian Cooper, comic book short story, DC comics, George Floyd, graphic short story, Huntington's Chorea, I Am Alfonso Jones, institutional racism, institutional violence, It's a Bird . . ., It's a Bird short story, John Jennings, magical realism, Marvel Comics, Northstar, police, police violence, racial stereotypes, racism, Represent!, Roxanne Gay, semi-autobiographical graphic novel, Stacey Robinson, superhero, Superman, Teddy Krisitiansen, teenage character, Tony Medina
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In School or At Home–Go Graphic!
As this new school year begins so uncertainly, with COVID-19 affecting where and how youngsters learn their official lessons, I have a new resource to recommend. Ivan Brunetti’s Comics: Easy as ABC! The Essential Guide to Comics for Kids (2019) … Continue reading
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Tagged at home, Black Heroes of the Wild West, Booklist Top 10 Art Books for Youth, Chris Ware, classroom, comics language, Comics: Easy as ABC!, Comics: Easy as ABC! The Essential Guide to Comics for Kids, Covid-19, drawing, Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Readers, elementary age-readers, grades 1 and 2, grades 3 to 6, graphic novels, in school, Ivan Brunetti, James Otis Smith, James Sturm, Jeff Smith, K/grade 1, Kadir Nelson, Kevin McClosky, lettering, librarians, Neil Gaiman, panels, parents, parents as teachers, point of view, reading comics with kids, reading levels, Roz Chast, short strips, teachers, TOON Books
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Lifting Spirits
Pandemic dangers and safety limits . . . uncertainties about the shape of the upcoming school year—it remains hard to be upbeat when these woes press us down. Low spirits, of course, affect kids as well as adults. Two recent … Continue reading
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Tagged A Map into the World, Asian-American, brother-sister relationships, brothers and sisters, C.S. Lewis, Caldecott award-winning, Covid-19 anxiety, Covid-19 depression, Dan Santat, death of child, Drawn Together, elementary age-readers, fantasy, Hmong, humor, Kao Kalia Yang, Khoa Le, Lift, Minh Le, Minnesota, Narnia, pandemic anxiety, pandemic dangers, pandemic depression, picture book, school reopening, Seo Kim, sibling relationships, siblings, Thai-American, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, The Most Beautiful Thing in the World, The Shared Room, upcoming school year, Xee Reiter
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