Tag: childhood

• Tomi Adeyemi: Children of Blood & Bone

  Happy Monday! I feel like talking about books is the best way to begin the week, don’t you? First, what I added to my “To Read” list last week: Betty Shabazz, Surviving Malcolm X – Russell J. Rickford Now for the meat & potatoes (though I’m currently limiting my meat to fish only. #thestruggleisreal) Children…

  Christine

  April 8, 2019

  Review

  book review, books, childhood, Children of Blood and Bone, fiction, literature, race, reading, teens, Tomi Adeyemi

• Jodee Blanco: Please Stop laughing at Me

  Yes, it’s been a while, and yes, I’m skipping over 1984 completely. What I read after that was much more important a narrative. Please Stop Laughing at Me is Jodee Blanco’s story of childhood bullying, and is a painfully clear picture of why it is so very important to pay attention to our children. I’m…

  Christine

  May 8, 2018

  Book Talk, Review

  book review, books, bullying, childhood, jodee blanco, non-fiction, please stop laughing at me, reading, school, teens, true stories