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Well, I just finished the last full week before Thanksgiving break! Phew! I sat in a Zoom collaboration meeting yesterday afternoon with my LA colleagues to plan, as we do on Fridays, and we all were beat!
For Review: A surprise came in the mail for me! The author had a FB contest and I won! I totally forgot about it. I enter lots of these and occasionally win. Yay! This book will be a wonderful addition to my sixth grade pb biography unit once we return to school and I get back into my library.
The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins and her New Deal for America by Kathleen Krull. Illustrated by Alexandra Bye. 48 p. Atheneum Books for Young Readers/ Simon & Schuster, February, 2020. 9781481491518.
Publisher synopsis: Most people know about President FDR, but do you know the woman who created his groundbreaking New Deal?
As a young girl, Frances Perkins was very shy and quiet. But her grandmother encouraged Frances to always challenge herself. When somebody opens a door to you, go forward.
And so she did.
Frances realized she had to make her voice heard, even when speaking made her uncomfortable, and use it to fight injustice and build programs to protect people across the nation. So when newly-elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt finally asked Frances to be the first female Secretary of Labor and help pull the nation out of the Great Depression, she knew she had to walk through that open door and forward into history.
In this empowering, inspirational biography, discover how the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet led the charge to create the safety net that protects American workers and their families to this day.
Heartstopper 2 by Alice Oseman. 320. Graphix/ Scholastic Inc., November, 2020. 9781338617498.
Publisher synopsis: Nick and Charlie are best friends, but one spontaneous kiss has changed everything. In the aftermath, Charlie thinks that he's made a horrible mistake and ruined his friendship with Nick, but Nick is more confused than ever.
Love works in surprising ways, and Nick comes to see the world from a new perspective and discovers all sorts of things about his friends, his family... and himself.
I thought Heartstopper 1 was adorable!
Purchased: Nothing!
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Heartstopper looks like a really good graphic novel. I hope you enjoy it. Have a relaxing Thanksgiving break.
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