Black history month
At my school, I haven't done a good job of talking with my students about black history. I did put together a black history display right in the entry way of the library but we've been busy working on a research project about the Winter Olympics and I have some other projects that I'll have to pick up so it's probably not going to get the attention it deserves this year. But I have been trying to make sure that we have more ethnic diversity in our collection and to remind our kids that they have big opportunities if they work hard for them. It's difficult to remember that sometimes when the media presents such skewed images of people of color or people of certain religions. But we persevere. Here are two titles that might help provoke conversation and help people understand one another more fully. The first one is not history at all. It's called "Astronaut Annie" and it's written by Suzanne Slade and illustrated by Nicole Tadgell. They...