tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post8075240097073561247..comments2023-06-16T07:21:59.344-04:00Comments on Jacqui's Room: Jacqui Reads Herself & Her Children Books By & About People Different From HerJacquihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-19423273564572795682010-02-03T13:31:58.222-05:002010-02-03T13:31:58.222-05:00I'm in! Suggestions for great pbs for 3 y.o.? ...I'm in! Suggestions for great pbs for 3 y.o.? <br /><br />I think Elizabeth is finally ready for Two of a Kind, now, that she's dealing with friendships in school. They get a new kid every few months as someone rolls up from the toddler room.Amber Loughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12374291005610549082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-5933011456078299882010-02-02T11:10:45.739-05:002010-02-02T11:10:45.739-05:00Beth, your point about assuming the characters are...Beth, your point about assuming the characters are white interests me too. I think my perceptions change depending on what race the author seems to be. But there are some books where I "got it wrong" and no matter what it says in the book, I picture the character how she seems to me.<br /><br />Diane, Mare's War is definitely on the list.<br /><br />Joanne, I love CPC too -- wept like a baby at the end of Elijah of Buxton. Younger MGs are hard to find, so I will definitely check out your rec. Thanks!<br /><br />Boni, that's Tink's favorite PB!<br /><br />Anne, your point is why I left it open to people to decide who qualifies as "different from them." Glad you're in!Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-11485249504835248642010-02-02T10:12:19.381-05:002010-02-02T10:12:19.381-05:00Course, perhaps the prevalence of black suggestion...Course, perhaps the prevalence of black suggestions are because it's BLACK HISTORY MONTH! 'Scuse me. =)Anne M Leonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547591113801578453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-76943036957438029982010-02-02T09:53:28.974-05:002010-02-02T09:53:28.974-05:00Yay! Thanks, Jacqui! I'm WITH YOU!
Course, ...Yay! Thanks, Jacqui! I'm WITH YOU!<br /><br />Course, I just started a big book and have several others in my TBR pile. But like you, I've been thinking a lot about my reading list lately, and while I definitely read books about those who are different from me, I don't read nearly enough. So my next book this month will be about a person of color.<br /><br />Also, I find it interesting that all the suggestions you've received so far are for African American characters. In going through my reading through the past year, all of the books I've read with PoC have been about African Americans or Asians. I think my next read needs to be from a different perspective.Anne M Leonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547591113801578453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-41747280224121729132010-02-01T21:19:05.891-05:002010-02-01T21:19:05.891-05:00The Chicken-Chasing Queen Of Lamar County by Janic...The Chicken-Chasing Queen Of Lamar County by Janice Harrington.Boni Ashburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397801185274085090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-25086822816378043302010-02-01T20:47:42.105-05:002010-02-01T20:47:42.105-05:00For MG--we love Christopher Paul Curtis--Bud, not ...For MG--we love Christopher Paul Curtis--Bud, not Buddy, The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Elijah of Buxton. Funny, boy-friendly, character-driven, historical.<br /><br />Younger MG--I haven't read, but my son's teacher read aloud Ruby and the Booker Boys by Derrick Barnes. My son (8) gave it a big thumbs up.<br />Another book recently recommended to me, but that I've not yet read is Sunny Holiday by Coleen Paratore.joannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-49366413316468943802010-02-01T17:20:21.776-05:002010-02-01T17:20:21.776-05:00YA book that anyone who loves history should enjoy...YA book that anyone who loves history should enjoy: <i>Mare's War,</i> by Tanita S. Davis. (She just picked up a C.S.King Honor citation for it.) It's a wonderful book about two African American girls on a trip with their grandmother, who tells them about her experiences in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. The era is fascinating, made more so by the fact that stories like Mare's haven't been told. (Did you know there was an African American division of the WAC? I didn't.) I love when historicals do that, and the fact that Mare is "other" from me just makes it more interesting. Like you say, isn't that why we read fiction, to experience something different?Diane Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128401898400900879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-61991109356634086422010-02-01T16:24:39.979-05:002010-02-01T16:24:39.979-05:00Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Not sure Tink is re...Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Not sure Tink is ready for it (and are we still calling her Tink?) but it was and is one of my all-time favorite chapter books. I got it for Channukah when I was in the 4th grade. (Oh, and I have read Tuck Everlasting many times as a grownup, and it holds up. I've always pictured the characters as white, but now that I think about it, I'm not sure anything in the book says they have to be. Which raises another interesting point.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06560583549029298491noreply@blogger.com