War, Poetry, Refuge, Peace – Gathering Books

by Myra Garces-Bacsal September 6, 2014 2

[Saturday Reads] Celebrating the Light Within: List of Picturebooks about Peace – Fiction and Nonfiction

Myra here. Every Saturday we hope to share with you our thoughts on reading and books. We thought that itContinue Reading

by Myra Garces-Bacsal September 5, 2014 17

Books CORL (Check Off your Reading List) Challenge 2014 GB Challenges Poetry Poetry Friday Reading Themes War, Poetry, Refuge, Peace

[Poetry Friday] Alice Walker’s “Overcoming Speechlessness,” Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Blood” and “We Teach Life, Sir” by Rafeef Ziadah

Overcoming speechlessness … through poetry

by Myra Garces-Bacsal September 4, 2014 6

Award-Winning Books CORL (Check Off your Reading List) Challenge 2014 GB Challenges graphic novel Non-fiction Wednesday Nonfiction Reading Themes War, Poetry, Refuge, Peace

Nonfiction Middle Grade/ YA Graphic Novels that deal with War and Conflict: Briggs’ Ethel and Ernest, Abirached’s A Game for Swallows, Pyle’s Take What You Can Carry, Faulkner’s Gaijin, Yang’s Boxers and Saints

Myra here. One of the things I discovered as I was doing my research for our current reading theme isContinue Reading

by Myra Garces-Bacsal September 3, 2014 5

Books CORL (Check Off your Reading List) Challenge 2014 GB Challenges graphic novel Non-fiction Wednesday Nonfiction Picture Books Reading Themes War, Poetry, Refuge, Peace

[Nonfiction Wednesday] Children in Hiding during the Holocaust in Nonfiction PictureBooks

Myra here. We are excited to join Kidlit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. We would also be linking our nonfiction choices withContinue Reading

by Myra Garces-Bacsal September 1, 2014 10

Books CORL (Check Off your Reading List) Challenge 2014 GB Challenges It's Monday What Are You Reading Picture Books Reading Themes War, Poetry, Refuge, Peace

[Monday Reading] Picturebooks about War from New Zealand and Australia: Home and Away, Ziba Came On a Boat, and Lest We Forget

Three powerful picturebooks depicting war and poetry, refuge and peace.