Maria Testa Gives Voice to Children of Imprisoned Parents
When I heard about Maria Testa’s book, Nine Candles, I needed it immediately. I was organizing book discussion programs for inmates reading children’s literature at the State Prison for Men in Concord,...
View ArticleHuman Rights & Children’s Books: USBBY & PEN
HUMAN RIGHTS and CHILDREN’S BOOKS: USBBY and PEN --> United States Board on Books for Young People, USBBY, and International Board on Books for Young People, IBBY, provide an excellent source of...
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Years ago, my husband and I saw the documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, about three teenage misfits in West Memphis, Arkansas who were accused—and then convicted—or the...
View ArticleThe Human Cost of the International Drug War: A Review of An Uninterrupted...
Seventeen-year-old Francisco Quispe loves soccer, but even though he’s smart, he doesn’t expect much of a future in school because of his Aymara heritage and appearance. Along with his friend Reynaldo,...
View ArticleThe Warden’s Daughter
Guest post by Padma Venkatraman The Warden’s Daughter THE WARDEN’S DAUGHTER By Jerry Spinelli Cammie, the protagonist of Jerry Spinelli’s latest novel, lives in a flat adjoining the county prison....
View ArticleLETTERS to a PRISONER, inspired by Amnesty International
LETTERS to a PRISONER, written and illustrated by Jacques Goldskyn This simple but exquisite picture book is wordless. What beautiful irony! The book’s images slowly show us a parent and child...
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