![]() A superhero tale about a nerdy mixed-up Afro-Latino kid from Brooklyn who also happens to be Spider-man? I’m there. Jason Reynolds’s Miles Morales Spider-man is a fantastic idea. Miles Morales Spider-man by Jason Reynolds (Lone Star). ![]() La Princesa and the Pea written by Susan Middleton Elya, Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal (2×2).A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L’Engle, adapted/illustrated by Hope Larson (Graphic novel).The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare.To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han.I Am Enough by Grace Byers, Illustrated by Keturah A.What is God? by Etan Boritzer, Illustrated by Robbie Marantz.School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex, Illustrated by Christian Robinson.Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, Illustrated by David Roberts.Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty, Illustrated by David Roberts.Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann.Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson, Illustrated by Sean Qualls.Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaste r in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer.Here are all the 30 books I read this semester (five-star reviews in bold!): (Couldn’t upload to this site because I don’t have a media plan. So play the movie and then, at 37, 38, seconds, play this song, to get the sort of gist of what I was going for. UPDATE! After a lot of agonizing and QuickTime and iMovie researching, I was able to get a video version, though I lost some frames (?!) and the corresponding background song (Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools,” which I read that Basquiat liked) (and it really goes nicely with the energy of Steptoe’s paintings). So for now: in all its clunky glory: my Powerpoint book trailer for Radiant Child - apologies in advance for the heavy download: ![]() (Twayne United States Authors series) Twayne, 1991.Not the most glamorous link, but time is of the essence! Ran into some maddening PowerPoint issues after switching from Powtoon (I really love that software, but it wouldn’t let me have music + video sound, and I was committed), so I only have a very unwieldy PowerPoint version of my book trailer (still investigating online conversion tools). Produced for the Wisconsin Educational Television Network by the UW-Green Bay Center for Television Production. The Creative Process of Ellen Raskin (videotape).“Interview with Ellen Raskin,” in Behind the Covers: Interviews with Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults. “Profile of an Author: Ellen Raskin,” Top of the News (June 1972): 394-397.“Ellen Raskin,” in Books Are by People: Interviews with 104 Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young Children. “The Mystery of Figgs & Phantoms,” Children’s Literature 13 (1985). “Ellen Raskin,” Twentieth Century Children’s Writers, 2nd edition.“Ellen Raskin,” in Third Book of Junior Authors.“Ellen Raskin 1928-1984,” in Something About the Author, Volume 38.“Ellen Raskin,” in Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 52: American Writers for Children Since 1960: Fiction. ![]()
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