We missed a #BookBirthday on Saturday in all our #ncss23 excitement! Belated best to @childsplaybooks.bsky.social @childsplayusa.bsky.social for LIFE ON THE THAMES

NCSS 2023 National Council for the Social Studies 2023 conference in Nashville, TN

Thanks #ncss23 friends for all your generous attention during the conference exhibits! You can see yourself or your colleagues in our Flickr album of our visitors to Booth 500 here www.flickr.com/photos/19655...

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Thank you all for visiting Booth 500 during #ncss23! To find the complete catalog of what we displayed at Booth 500 during #ncss23, check out our Pinterest board for the conference www.pinterest.com/pubspotlight...

Last chance at Booth 500 #ncss23 has brought quite a line!

NOTHING ELSE BUT MIRACLES | Kirkus Reviews It’s 1944, and Dory, 12, and her brothers, Fish, 17, and Pike, 7, are living alone; their father has joined the Navy, and their mother is dead from tuberculosis.

And from Holiday House “An absorbing tale about urban life on the World War II homefront” Nothing Else but Miracles Booth 500 #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

THE BROTHERS ZZLI | Kirkus Reviews Cousseau puts a unique spin on the oft-told encounter between a girl and three bears.

“A quirky, poignant take on the refugee crisis…best introduced by sensitive caregivers or educators” The Brothers Zzli from Eerdmans at Booth 500 #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

STRONG AS FIRE, FIERCE AS FLAME | Kirkus Reviews The year is 1857, Indians are rising up against the colonial British East India Company, and Meera is about to leave her childhood home.

have you checked out the Jane Addams Peace book award display at Booth 500? “An absorbing story about a strong girl living during tumultuous times” Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor Book #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Review of In My Skin In My Skin: With a focus on diversity, this picture book promotes acceptance—of one another and oneself. “In my skin” is the recurring refrain of the prose poem that winds through the book, stre...

In My Skin “promotes acceptance—of one another and oneself” from Lantana Booth 500 #ncss23 www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/in-m...

Seven Good Years: A Yiddish Folktale Tuvia, a hardworking porter, cannot find any customers. He is reluctant to return home to his hungry wife and children without having earned money. How will they be able to buy food?

Seven Good Years: A Yiddish Folktale “is clear and charm­ing­ly told, while the accom­pa­ny­ing art is bright and attrac­tive and sup­ports the sto­ry” @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social Booth 500 #ncss23 www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/seven-g...

THE MOONLIT VINE | Kirkus Reviews The 14-year-old descendant of a Taíno leader finds the strength in ancestral roots to help her present-day community.

Also from Lee & Low “Deeply moving, beautifully written, and inspiring” The Moonlit Vine Booth 500 #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Black Was the Ink - Social Justice Books Reviewed by May Kotsen Review Source: Teaching for Change Book Author: Set in 2015, Black Was the Ink follows the life of Malcolm Williams, a 16-year-old from Washington D.C., who just wants to spend...

From Lee & Low Black Was the Ink “gives hope through illuminating a time period that has been actively silenced” Booth 500 #ncss23 socialjusticebooks.org/black-was-th...

FRIEND OF NUMBERS | Kirkus Reviews A searching portrait of a clerk’s son whose fascination with numbers and number patterns led to renown.

From Eerdmans “Inspirational reading even for audiences resolute in their math avoidance“ Friend of Numbers Booth 500 #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

YOUR FREEDOM, YOUR POWER | Kirkus Reviews Two lawyers unpack the “five monster freedoms” supposedly guaranteed to all U.S. citizens, regardless of age.

“Current, insightful, and savvy” Your Freedom, Your Power from Hachette Kids Booth 500 #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Place Hand Here by Katie Yamasaki A “plain, old” hand painted on a building’s “plain, old” wall forms a gateway to loved ones in this connective picture book from...

Looking at a swathe of #kidsbooks that take on the theme of hope...in different ways. Starting with Norton Young Readers' Place Hand Here “a compassionate act of creation … provides a public space for longing and love” Booth 500 #ncss23 www.publishersweekly.com/9781324017035

Come meet @kellyyang.bsky.social signing at Booth 500 right now! #ncss23

Stacey Abrams Diamond State Reading Association, Skipping Stones Honor Book for Multicultural Literature @LEEandLOW Booth 500 #ncss23 www.leeandlow.com/books/stacey...

Just 10 minutes until you can meet @kellyyang.bsky.social signing FINALLY SEEN here at Booth 500! #ncss23

We've got a crowd of happy visitors! Join us at Booth 500 #ncss23

A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America “creatively argues through captivating poetic history that racial justice is the long struggle...that we are still working toward who ‘we’ is in this more perfect union” from Astra Booth 500 #ncss23 www.slj.com/review/a-lon...

VICTORY. STAND! | Kirkus Reviews “We had to be seen because we were not being heard.”

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice “extends histories of 20th-century Black struggles for new generations” from Norton Young Readers Books Booth 500 #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

HOW THIS BOOK GOT RED | Kirkus Reviews A red panda notices that media is dominated by giant pandas.

Discuss media representation with even the youngest students w/ “Astute and adorable commentary on media representation” How This Book Got Red from Sourcebooks Booth 500 #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

And indeed it brings joy to the reader who just discovered BLACK BOY, BLACK BOY at Booth 500 #ncss23

BLACK BOY, BLACK BOY | Kirkus Reviews A young Black boy and an adult companion journey hand in hand as they discuss the achievements of inspirational Black male figures.

“An affirming, nurturing, and powerful celebration of Black men, past, present, and future” Black Boy Black Boy from Sourcebooks Booth 500 #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Here's one a Little Leader chose! Citizen She! “An accessible nonfiction read about equal voting rights for middle grade readers” from Helvetiq Booth 500 #ncss23 www.slj.com/review/citiz...

Indio no más | Lee & Low Books | Lee & Low Books Cuando la tribu Umpqua de Regina es terminada legalmente y su familia debe mudarse de Oregón a Los Ángeles, ella se embarca en una búsqueda para comprender su identidad como india a pesar de estar ...

Indio no más Winner of the 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Middle Grade Book, Notable Books for a Global Society, ALA Notables,  Amelia Bloomer Award from LEE & LOW Booth 500 #ncss23 www.leeandlow.com/books/indio-...

FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY | Kirkus Reviews An account of the 1982 killing of Vincent Chin and its subsequent impact on Asian Americans’ civil rights struggles.

And from Norton Young Readers “An accessible and compelling account of a tragedy that resonates through the decades” From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement  Booth 500 #ncss23 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King

From Astra “Gorgeous text and resplendent illustrations present a nuanced picture book biography” in Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King Booth 500 #ncss23 www.slj.com/review/coret...

Coming 30 minutes to Booth 500 #ncss23! @kellyyang.bsky.social will be signing her newest! Finally Seen from Simon KIDS

That wonderful moment when you spy a picture book illustrated by a favorite artist & discover THIS one was co-illustrated by his son! A WALK IN THE WOODS by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Booth 500 #ncss23

We were visited at Booth 500 by #LittleLeaders who chose some the fabulous #kidsbooks from Helvetiq @nosycrowus.bsky.social & more! #ncss23