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    Monthly Archive for: "February, 2023"
    New Biographies About American Women Who Have Made History
    By Katy Tessman
    In Books in Bloom, Digital, Library, MackinVIA
    Posted February 27, 2023

    New Biographies About American Women Who Have Made History

    by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager & Makerspace Specialist Whether it be the arts, activism, politics, or the food industry, women have been making American history long [...]

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    Juana Martinez-Neal: Falling in Love with Words
    By Lisa Bullard
    In Author Interviews
    Posted February 24, 2023

    Juana Martinez-Neal: Falling in Love with Words

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    Guiding Students to Dig Deeper into Graphic Novels: Guest Post by Christina Soontornvat
    By Christina Soontornvat
    In Classroom, Teacher Talk
    Posted February 20, 2023

    Guiding Students to Dig Deeper into Graphic Novels: Guest Post by Christina Soontornvat

    by Christina Soontornvat, author of The Tryout I once heard a teacher tell her students that graphic novels were “dessert” books; meaning, they were light, sweet, and fluffy, and kids should only [...]

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    Combatting Gender Stereotypes with  Representation in Literature
    By Jade Liebl
    In Classroom, Teacher Talk
    Posted February 13, 2023

    Combatting Gender Stereotypes with Representation in Literature

    When I was a classroom teacher, I hung my students’ names vertically on the back cabinets and under their names, I strung their art projects, essays, pictures, conference goals—whatever we were [...]

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