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Connor Kissed Me by Zehava

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CBR15Passport, author Sometimes a book about consent is not overly realistic. Or at least, I should say it is not like I have or other people I know have experienced. Of course, someone could be harassing you regularly, or assault you/touch/act towards you in an aggressively/uncomfortable manner, but most of the time the actions are “innocent,” but inappropriate. And Connor Kissed Me takes more of that approach. The story (coming mid-September 2023) that Zehava created is simple. Connor kisses Miriam. She does not want to […]

The book tells you why A Vaccine Is Like a Memory, but my review is just commentary

A Vaccine Is Like a Memory by Rajani Larocca

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CBR15Passport genre (science in a fictionalized format) If you are pro or anti-vaccine, that is not important as A Vaccine Is Like a Memory by Rajani Larocca is more the history of vaccines and the way they work is the secondary piece of information. Because you can agree or disagree all you want, but that does not change the fact that in the 1770’s “this happened” or in 2020 “that happened.” Sure, you then get how a vaccine is supposed to work, how it evolved […]

The known and maybe you’ll figure out

What Will I Discover by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

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CBR15Passport, Genre (science simplified & how you can do it) What Will I Discover is at the surface an easy story. It is just about scientists and what they know, but then it goes deeper into what they do not know. And our narrator starts explaining all the wonderful things that are still left to be discovered, and they might be the person to do so. Tanya Lloyd Kyi has a sweet story about science and even a little about imagination. Yes, it says it […]

Be a big deal!

Big by Vashti Harrison

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Oh, aren’t you a big girl, eating your dinner! Well look how big you have gotten. Now, eat up and get big and strong. When you’re little these are what the adults tell you. And they push being a “big kid” and we as kids want to be like the “big kids.” Until the day we are told there is such a thing as “too big” and that means “wrong.” And that is what our young girl is this story deals with. Vashti Harrison talks […]

Luz Jimenez, Daughter of the Nahua – Guest Post by Terry T

Child of the Flower-Song People by Gloria Amescua, Duncan Tonatiuh

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Throughout history, the lives of certain individuals, when examined closely, illustrate the times in which they lived. This was true of the life of Luz Jimenez. The famous muralists and other artists of Mexico considered Luz to be the perfect model of the Indigenous Woman. She remarked at one time that she didn’t need a picture of herself because she was portrayed all over Mexico City. I heard Ms. Amescua read a part of Child of the Flower-Song People this past weekend. She stated that she […]

The American dream has a few sleepless days

Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel by Betty C. Tang

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CBR15Passport, Own (the reader copy, but due early April)   There is a lot going on within the covers of Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel. This book is loosely based on some of the experiences author Betty C. Tang and the experiences of others like Tang had. And thankfully they did not happen all to one person, because as I said, a lot happens. We see the kids left to their own devices, scammed out of money, issues with language, issues with racism and even […]



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