Nice SLJ Write-Up of Last Week’s Candlewick Preview

Lastly, we got a special treat: one of our own, Monica Edinger, Dalton School teacher and blogger atEducating Alice, spoke about her new book,Africa Is My Home. Telling the little-known story of the real-life children aboardAmistad, this labor of love was thirteen years in the making for Edinger. She uses primary source materials and archival images to drive the story home; accompanied by illustrations from Robert Byrd, this is an emotional and rich book. The room was so supportive of Edinger...