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Poetry Friday Reading Themes War, Poetry, Refuge, Peace

[Poetry Friday] Found Poems from Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Austria and Naomi Shihab Nye’s “This Space Between Our Footsteps”

by Myra Garces-Bacsal August 22, 2014 16

Books Illustrator Sketchpad Loss, Heartbreak, and Coming of Age Meet the Storyteller Picture Books Read-a-Latte Reading Themes

Russell Molina and Sergio Bumatay III talk about EDSA

by Myra Garces-Bacsal September 5, 2013 2

Books Filipino Lit From Asia with Love Picture Books Read-a-Latte Reading Themes

Fantastical Elements in Philippine Children’s Literature: Selected Stories from “Ang Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang” Retold by Christine S. Bellen

by Fats Suela June 20, 2013 5

AWB (Award-Winning-Books) 2012 Books GB Challenges Girl Power and Women's Wiles Reading Themes

Mothers are People too: Thoughts on Kyung-Sook Shin’s Please Look after Mother

by GB Admin (Iphigene) April 25, 2012 8

Award-Winning AWB (Award-Winning-Books) 2012 Black History Month 2012 Books Caldecott Challenge 2012 GB Challenges Headline Picture Book Challenge 2012 Picture Books PoC Reading Challenge 2012

Flying Among the Stars in Faith Ringgold’s Tar Beach

by Fats Suela February 22, 2012 17

Award-Winning AWB (Award-Winning-Books) 2012 Black History Month 2012 Books Caldecott Challenge 2012 GB Challenges Headline Picture Book Challenge 2012 Picture Books PoC Reading Challenge 2012

Book Talk Tuesday: Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and Illustrated by E. B. Lewis

by Myra Garces-Bacsal February 21, 2012 7

2023 Reading Theme: #DecolonizeReading2023See all posts

#DecolonizeReading2023 Book Hunting Expeditions Reading Life Reading Themes

[BHE 556] Books That Came In The Mail

Yay to a tower of books!

#DecolonizeReading2023 Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) Emirates Airline Literature Festival Features Reading Life Reading Ruminations Reading Themes

[15th Emirates Airline Literature Festival] 2023 Theme: “Old Friends” – Sessions I Am Excited To Attend

#DecolonizeReading2023 Adult Award-Winning Books by Region Early Readers Genre International Lifespan of a Reader Literary Fiction Nonfiction Picture Books Reading Themes Speculative Fiction, Scifi, Fantasy Young Adult (YA) Literature

[#CEDUReadingChallenge2023] My To Be Read Stack In Time for UAE’s Reading Month in March

#DecolonizeReading2023 Book Hunting Expeditions Reading Life Reading Themes

[BHE 555] Diverse E-Picturebooks

#DecolonizeReading2023 Books Early Readers Features Genre Lifespan of a Reader Middle Grade Non-fiction Wednesday Nonfiction Picture Books Reading Themes

[Nonfiction Wednesday] A Decolonial Lens Of The History Of The Color “Blue”

#DecolonizeReading2023 Books Books by Region Features Genre It's Monday What Are You Reading Lifespan of a Reader Picture Books Reading Themes

[Monday Reading] Of Fields And Sunflowers in 2022 Picturebooks

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by Myra Garces-Bacsal February 7, 2023 0

Book Quote Tuesday Features

[Book Quote Tuesday] A Few Pages Of “Whole Universes”

… says Italo Calvino.

by Myra Garces-Bacsal February 5, 2023 0

#DecolonizeReading2023 Book Hunting Expeditions Reading Life Reading Themes

[BHE 556] Books That Came In The Mail

Yay to a tower of books!

by Myra Garces-Bacsal February 2, 2023 0

#DecolonizeReading2023 Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) Emirates Airline Literature Festival Features Reading Life Reading Ruminations Reading Themes

[15th Emirates Airline Literature Festival] 2023 Theme: “Old Friends” – Sessions I Am Excited To Attend

See you there!

by Myra Garces-Bacsal February 1, 2023 1

#DecolonizeReading2023 Adult Award-Winning Books by Region Early Readers Genre International Lifespan of a Reader Literary Fiction Nonfiction Picture Books Reading Themes Speculative Fiction, Scifi, Fantasy Young Adult (YA) Literature

[#CEDUReadingChallenge2023] My To Be Read Stack In Time for UAE’s Reading Month in March

Join our Reading Challenge!

by Myra Garces-Bacsal January 31, 2023 0

Book Quote Tuesday Features

[Book Quote Tuesday] Should Fiction Resemble ‘Real’ Life?

… see what Azar Nafisi has to say about this.

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Gathering Books (GB) is a passion project conceived in 2010. Bibliophiles (three nerdy women and one geeky man) from four different countries come together to share their love for the written word. We provide resource to parents, educators, and readers on a wide-array of books across different themes. Learn More About Us

New York Review BooksSee all posts

#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Adult Award-Winning Books Features International Lifespan of a Reader Literary Fiction NYRB Reading Themes Saturday Reads

[Saturday Reads] #NYRBBookClub – A Story About Nazi-Occupied Hungary

… and how the lives of families in Katalin Street were forever changed.

#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Adult Award-Winning Books Lifespan of a Reader Nonfiction NYRB Reading Themes

[NYRB Book Club] In The Freud Archives

#DecolonizeBookshelves2022 Adult Award-Winning Books Features International Lifespan of a Reader NYRB Reading Themes Saturday Reads

[Saturday Reads] A Dutch Colonialist Perspective on The Spice Islands Natives by Maria Dermoût

#SurvivalStories2021 Adult Award-Winning Books Books by Region Features Genre International It's Monday What Are You Reading Lifespan of a Reader Literary Fiction NYRB Reading Themes

[Monday Reading] #NYRBBookClub 2021 Titles

#ReadIntl2020 Adult Award-Winning Books Early Readers graphic novel International Lifespan of a Reader Literary Fiction Nonfiction NYRB Picture Books Reading Life Reading Ruminations Reading Themes

[My 2020 in Books] Favourite Books Read in 2020

Book Hunting ExpeditionsSee all posts

#DecolonizeReading2023 Book Hunting Expeditions Reading Life Reading Themes

[BHE 556] Books That Came In The Mail

Yay to a tower of books!

#DecolonizeReading2023 Book Hunting Expeditions Reading Life Reading Themes

[BHE 555] Diverse E-Picturebooks

Back to celebrating diverse ebooks.

#DecolonizeReading2023 Book Hunting Expeditions Reading Life Reading Themes

[BHE 554] More Overdrive Haul

Back to celebrating diverse e-picturebooks.

#DecolonizeReading2023 Book Hunting Expeditions Reading Life Reading Themes

[BHE 553] Back To E-Picturebooks

Back to celebrating diverse e-picturebooks.