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Book Recommendations, Picture Books, Windows & Mirrors

Featured: ONA JUDGE OUTWITS THE WASHINGTONS by Gwendolyn Hooks

Welcome to Windows & Mirrors, where we feature books that provide us windows to lives outside our own and mirrors to our shared common human experiences. This week we are featuring ONA JUDGE OUTWITS THE WASHINGTONS by Gwendolyn Hooks and illustrated by Simone Agoussoye. The title is a great description of this new fascinating picture book biography. Ona was an enslaved girl who lived with her … Continue reading Featured: ONA JUDGE OUTWITS THE WASHINGTONS by Gwendolyn Hooks

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Book Recommendations, Middle Grade, Windows & Mirrors

Featured: THE ESCAPE OF ROBERT SMALLS by Jehan Jones-Radgowski

Welcome to Windows & Mirrors, where we feature books that provide us windows to lives outside our own and mirrors to our shared common human experiences. Today we are featuring THE ESCAPE OF ROBERT SMALLS: A DARING VOYAGE OUT OF SLAVERY written by Jehan Jones-Radgowski and illustrated by Poppy Kang. I had never heard about Robert Smalls, but after reading THE ESCAPE OF ROBERT SMALLS: A DARING VOYAGE OUT OF … Continue reading Featured: THE ESCAPE OF ROBERT SMALLS by Jehan Jones-Radgowski

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Book Recommendations, Windows & Mirrors, Young Adult

Windows & Mirrors: DREAM COUNTRY by Shannon Gibney

Welcome to Windows & Mirrors, where we feature books that provide us windows to lives outside our own and mirrors to our shared common human experiences. This week we are featuring Dream Country by Shannon Gibney. DREAM COUNTRY begins with the incredible and gut-wrenching story of a seventeen-year-old Liberian refugee. Kollie, who is both too black and not black enough for his African-American peers, is … Continue reading Windows & Mirrors: DREAM COUNTRY by Shannon Gibney

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