Alma and How She Got Her Name W ritten by Juana Martinez-Neal
Alma is a little girl with a very long name. Her father tells her stories about all the different relatives she is named after. Alma realizes she loves books like her grandmother, likes to draw like her grandfather, dreams of traveling like her great- grandmother, and stands up for what is right like her other grandmother. This book was also from the Scholastic “Share Every Story/Create Every Voice.” I could find no negative reviews, even on Amazon; it presumably got on the list because it includes characters of color.
This Book is Banned Raj Haldar (Author) Julia Patton (Illustrator)
A hilarious introduction for kids to the concept of banning books. From the first page, when the reader is admonished for deciding to read a book that is banned, the author shows you how absurd banning can become. Hippos are jealous of giraffes, so giraffes are banned. Some people think avocados are gross, so they are banned. By the end of the book, giraffes, hippos, dinosaurs, avocados, beds, monsters, robots, birthdays, unicorns, horses, and nice and bad wolves were banned. The author concludes, “We don’t want our books to disappear. Just keep reading and sharing books – and remember, even if a book isn’t for you, it could be perfect for someone else.”
Eve Panzer reviews books for Reader Views Kids as well as her own business, Barefoot Librarian. Monthly she publishes the Barefoot Librarian Newsletter.She sells children’s books published by Barefoot Books and Usborne Books & More at book fairs, educational conferences, community events, and online.
She earned her Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Texas in Austin and worked as a school librarian before retiring to start her own business.
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