Third through fifth grade learners are invited to join this virtual book club opportunity. Brown Girl Dreaming is a memoir written in verse. It is Jacqueline Woodson's experiences growing up in South Carolina and New York during the changing landscape of the 1960s and 1970s. We will learn about Civil Rights leaders that inspired her. As...
During their reading of Finding Langston, learners will be introduced to The Great Migration, the time in American history where millions of Black Americans moved away from violence and racial strife. This is a time where Black American art found a renaissance in music, art, and, of course, great writing like Langston Hughes. Through the...
During their reading of Finding Langston, learners will be introduced to The Great Migration, the time in American history where millions of Black Americans moved away from violence and racial strife. This is a time where Black American art found a renaissance in music, art, and, of course, great writing like Langston Hughes. Through the...
Participants in the Finding Langston book club are invited to conclude their time together with an optional viewing of A Raisin in the Sun (2008) at the Acton Library.
Front Desk, written by Kelly Yang, is a novel about a ten-year old girl named Mia and her determination to help her family in the 1990s in Anaheim, California. Coming from China, in pursuit of the American dream, her family deals with many challenges, but finds friends and a new community along the way. Learners...
Learners who join this book club will head down the rabbit hole with Alice and explore the world of nonsense. Only the most absurd of Carroll's poetry will be explored as we flex our writing skills to the farthest reaches of silliness. We'll cover satire, symbolism, and the historical happenings of Victorian England. REGISTER HERE...
Learners who join this book club will head down the rabbit hole with Alice and explore the world of nonsense. Only the most absurd of Carroll's poetry will be explored as we flex our writing skills to the farthest reaches of silliness. We'll cover satire, symbolism, and the historical happenings of Victorian England. REGISTER HERE...