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Audience: Ages 7-10 years Review by Julie Loop (she/they) Graduate Student at Kent State University An eye opening and inspiring book, How do you spell unfair?: MacNolia Cox and Read more
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Reinberger Reviews: Cut! How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation
Audience: 4-8 years old Review by Nica-Emmanuel Delgado (They/Them) Undergraduate Student at Kent State University A beautifully crafted biography, Cut! Shines a light on a little-known woman in the filmmaking Read more
Reinberger Review: To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights
Ages 4-8 Review by Nica-Emmanuel Delgado (They/Them) Undergraduate Student at Kent State University “Space: the final frontier.” The iconic opening line of the original Star Trek series, a revolutionary Read more
Reinberger Review: Dancing Hands
Audience: Grades PreK-3 Review by Kayla Hlad (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool This biographical picturebook is a celebration of Teresa Carreño’s early triumphant musical journey and reads as Read more
Reinberger Review: Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars
Audience: 5-8 years Review by Sarah Bihn (she/her) MLIS Student, Kent State University iSchool Gary Golio and E. B. Lewis bring the story of blues musician Blind Willie Johnson to Read more
Martina & Chrissie: The Greatest Rivalry in the History of Sports
Reinberger Review Not just for sports fans! Phil Bildner’s storytelling genius pulls the reader in with a riveting rivalry between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. Bildner doesn’t overload the reader with Read more
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
Reinberger Review When McKinley Morganfield was a young boy, he liked playing in the mud in his backyard in Mississippi so much that his Grandma Della started calling him “Muddy,” Read more
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History
Reinberger Review With signature grace and style, Walter Dean Myers and Floyd Cooper harmoniously depict the life of Frederick Douglass in this picturebook biography. The storyline highlights the turning points Read more
Mae Among the Stars
Reinberger Review A biography of the life of Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman who was daring enough to travel in space. When a young Mae discusses a Read more