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Pandemic! One Hundred Years Later

Posted on April 1, 2020 by rosinskynatalie

One hundred years from now, what will people be reading about today’s Coronavirus pandemic? While the full dire impact of Covid-19 is still unfolding, such a long-range perspective on pandemics can inform and possibly comfort some of us. Such stories … Continue reading →

Posted in catastrophe, graphic novels | Tagged 1918 Flu, 1918 Pandemic, African-American nurses, Bob Brown, Coronavirus, Covid-19, desegregation, doctors, epidemic, Fever Year, Fever Year The Killer Flu of 1918, influenza, influenza epidemic, nurses, Pandemic, segregation, Spanish flu, The Notorious Izzy Frink, The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees, tween readers, tweens, World War I | Leave a comment

On Fire

Posted on February 1, 2020 by rosinskynatalie

Blazing sights and sounds dominate the news. Very young readers may have “tuned out” the U.S. impeachment firestorms, but the vivid, heartrending images of Australia’s animals burned in that country’s worst-ever firestorm season are unforgettable. These wildfires sparked just as … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, catastrophe, graphic novels, memoir, picture books | Tagged A Fire Story, A is for Australian Animals, airplanes, alphabet book, Australia, Brian Fies, Bridget Heos, bushfires, California, chapter book, charcoal, Claire Saxby, climate change, controlled burns, digital illustration, drawing style, early elementary readers, Emu, Extreme Wildfire Smoke Jumpers High Tech Gear Survival Tactics and the Extraordinary Science of Fire, firefighters, firefighting, firestorm season, Frane Lessac, Glen Phelan, Grahame Byrne, graphic novel, Greg Egan, impeachment, kangaroo, Kathy Furgang, Little Smokey, Mark Thiessen, Marsupials, Mom's Cancer, National Geographic books, Nic Bishop, picture book, President Trump, Robert Neubecker, Stephane Jorisch, teen readers, The Big Burn Teddy Roosevelet and the Fire That Saved America, The Little Engine that Could, The World's Worst Wildfires, Tracy Nelson Maurer, tween readers, visual storytelling, watercolor, What to Expect When You're Expecting Joeys A Guide for Marsupial Parents (and Curious Kids), Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow, wildfires | Leave a comment

Bigger Than Life? Tall Tales and “Fake News”

Posted on June 1, 2017 by rosinskynatalie

We Minnesotans love tall tales—especially ones about Paul Bunyan. Kids read about how his huge feet supposedly stomped out our 10,000 lakes and how the giant chopped down thousands of trees with one ax stroke. The communities of Bemidji and … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, picture books | Tagged "fake news", American folk lore, Audrey Wood, Bemidji, Brainerd, Carrie McIntie, Cathy Malkasian, David Shannon, dreams, Eartha, epitaphs, fairy tale, Kevin O'Malley, legendary heroes, Lucette Diana Kensack, Maine, Marybeth Lorbiecki, Minnesota, Ojibwe, Paul Bunyan, Paul Bunyan Day, Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart, Paula Bunyan, Phyllis Root, picture book, President Trump, quest, Renee Graef, social media, tall tale hero, tall tales, teen readers, The Bunyans, tween readers, tweets | Leave a comment

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