Tonya Bolden is a researcher, writer, editor, and publisher with a passion for history and historymakers, and sharing the past with young people. Bolden has written more than 20 books for children and young adults, including biographies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and George Washington Carver, Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl (winner of a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award), and How to Build a Museum — the story behind the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Bolden’s impeccable research enriches all of her books; she transforms facts into compelling stories that inspire and challenge her readers to learn more. As a child, Bolden thought that one day she would be a teacher, and now she is — teaching young people through her many books.
Travis Gardner is an amazing quarterback. His incredible skill is enough to eclipse his older brother’s recruitment to Gainesville University. Before he knows it, the head coach is recruiting Travis, and Travis becomes the lucky recipient of not only a great deal of recognition, but a little swag on the side. The problem is, that sort of notoriety comes with a price, and convincing a team of varsity football players to follow a freshman quarterback has its own challenges.
The U.K.’s National Literacy Trust offers ideas that schools and nonprofit organizations can implement to get fathers involved in their children’s reading.
After hiding for weeks from the Nazis in Poland, the father of 12-year-old Eva sends her to a labor camp in Czechoslovakia to join her sister Rachel and avoid deportation to Auschwitz where she would face certain death. Suffering from starvation and disease, they are forced to make clothing for the German soldiers as they struggle to survive from one hour to the next. The girls rely on each another and their friendships with other prisoners as they wait for the camp to be liberated in this tension-filled story of human triumph based on the real-life experiences of the author’s mother-in-law.
Part history, part spy training manual, and entirely fascinating, this beautiful guide is ideal for anyone who loves Alanna, King Jonathan, Queen Thayet, Kel, Neal, Aly, Thom, Daine, Numair, and the unforgettable world of Tortall.
America’s approach to education has lagged behind as industry and technology have continued to advance. To truly prepare students for the 21st century workforce, and to remain competitive in the global economy, the National Center on Education and the Economy has ten policy recommendations for America’s schools.
