A collaboration with a teacher from TUSD on how to best serve the African-American students by encouraging them to read more led to the idea of making a reading list of books by and featuring people like them. The reading lists are of books with characters who are African-American or are written by African-American authors…
2 Lists of 100 African American Books by School Grades, 9-12
A collaboration with a teacher from TUSD on how to best serve the African-American students by encouraging them to read more led to the idea of making a reading list of books by and featuring people like them. The reading lists are of books with characters who are African-American or are written by African-American authors…
Book-loving Brothers Find Adventure and Fun at the Library
In our small library in Arivaca, we welcome everyone, especially children. Some kids play on the computers, others play with toys, a few participate in the drop-in craft month, while others look for books. There are two avid readers in particular who inspired this blog. Meet my friends ten-year old Treyce and eight- year old…
June is Caribbean American Heritage Month
We all know that just over 600 years ago, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (Cristofero Colombo) petitioned the queen of Spain for three ships to sail west.
Stormin’ Norman(dy Beach): Operation Overlord
You’ve seen the movies; you’ve read the articles. But how much do you know about D-Day? Operation Overlord was a planned allied mission during World War II, in which American and other Allied Forces approached the beaches of France with one goal in mind: take the Nazi Army by surprise. The earliest parts of 1944…
Hello, June! And more seasonal picks
I just finished updating our Celebrate page to feature the latest timely staff picks related to summer, Pride, Juneteenth, Father's Day, and more June happenings. We'll keep adding new lists and events throughout the month, too. Here's a small sample that I especially liked: Hello June! List created by PimaLib_KaitlynS These picture books are great…
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