2021 Author: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Publisher: Knopf Kirkus Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/vanessa-brantley-newton-3/becoming-vanessa/ Media:
2020 Author: Christine Kendall Publisher: Scholastic Kirkus Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/christine-kendall/true-definition-neva-beane/ Media:
2021 Author: Nahid Kazemi Illustrator: Nahid Kazemi Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books Kirkus Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nahid-kazemi/shahrzad-and-the-angry-king/ Media:
2021 Author: Nikole Hannah-Jones & Renée Watson Illustrator: Nikkolas Smith Publisher: Kokila Kirkus Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nikole-hannah-jones/born-on-the-water/ Media:
2018 Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes Illustrator: N/A Publisher: https://www.lbyr.com/titles/jewell-parker-rhodes/ghost-boys/9780316262255/ Kirkus Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jewell-parker-rhodes/ghost-boys-rhodes/ Media:
2020 Author: Deborah Diesen Illustrator: Magdalena Mora Publisher: Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster Kirkus Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/deborah-diesen/equalitys-call/ Media:
A Book a Day is excited to announce its third writing contest, open to all K-5 Philadelphia students. This contest’s subject is FOOD!
2015 Author: Jonah Winter Illustrator: Shane W. Evans Publisher: Schwartz & Wade/Random Kirkus Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jonah-winter/lillians-right-to-vote/#:~:text=A%20CELEBRATION%20OF%20THE%20VOTING%20RIGHTS%20ACT%20OF%201965&text=In%20a%20book%20commemorating%20the,to%20vote%2050%20years%20ago.&text=She%20arrives%20at%20the%20voting%20booth%20and%20presses%20the%20lever. Media:
Mo Willems • January 26, 2022 Hello Readers, It’s Mo Willems. How are you? You know, being a reader is like having a superpower. You can travel through time and hear…