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Recommended Reads from Megan Chrusciel, Adult Services Librarian
"You Can't Fire the Bad Ones!": And 18 Other Myths about Teachers, Teachers’ Unions, and Public Education
By William Ayers
The authors encourage readers to rethink deeply entrenched assumptions about educators, teachers’ unions and the education system.
Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education
By Susan Wise Bauer
This book serves as a valuable resource for parents of children struggling to succeed in the traditional K-12 public education system.
The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools
By Vanessa Siddle Walker
After Dr. Tate passed in 2002, a friend and colleague discovered countless documents detailing the hidden struggle of southern educators behind the monumental Brown v. Board of Education decision.
The Wild Card: 7 Steps to an Educator's Creative Breakthrough
By Hope & Wade King
Learn how to draw on past experiences, strengths and hobbies to deliver educational content in a creative and engaging manner.
The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind
By Justin Driver
The author explores the legal landscape of Supreme Court decisions in recent decades regarding education and students’ rights through the lens of the Constitution.
A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools
By Rachel Devlin
Discover the grassroots movement largely led by young women in the fight to desegregate schools in the U.S.
Recommended Reads from Annamarie Carlson, Youth Services Librarian
The Day You Begin
By Jacqueline Woodson (picture book)
Everyone has something that makes them different, and sometimes that difference makes you feel alone. Follow a class of students as they learn to love their differences, while discovering the emotions we all share.
Yasmin the Builder
By Saadia Faruqi (reader)
Yasmin’s class is working together to build a city filled with homes, businesses and a school. Yasmin is stumped—there can’t possibly be anything else this city needs. Or is there?
Nikki & Deja
By Karen English (first chapter)
Neighbors Nikki and Deja do everything together until a bossy new girl in their 3rd grade class starts an exclusive club that turns best friends into members of rival playground clubs.
The Princess and The-Absolutely-Not-a-Princess (Miranda and Maude)
By Emma Wunsch (juvenile fiction)
Princess Miranda cannot imagine going to public school, and her fears come true when she is seated next to social-advocate and hard-boiled-egg-lover Maude. The girls become instant enemies but eventually unlikely friends.
Mr. Wolf’s Class
By Aron Nels Steinke (juvenile graphic novel)
New teacher Mr. Wolf tries to keep track of his 4th graders who are busy with first day activities: making new friends, falling asleep while reading and quizzing classmates on whether they prefer ice cream or farts.
Adventures to School: Real-Life Journeys of Students from Around the World
By Baptiste Paul and Miranda Paul (juvenile nonfiction)
Learn how fifteen children around the world get to school every day. Experiences include the familiar yellow bus, a 3-hour hike, and a walk over a long wire bridge.
Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights
By Malala Yousafzai (juvenile biography)
Malala retells her story about standing up for girls’ rights to education in Pakistan.
STEM Play: Integrating Inquiry into Learning Centers
By Deirdre Englehart (juvenile parent teacher)
Use this resource guide to engage preschoolers with science, technology, engineering, and math through learning centers.
One of Us Is Lying
By Karen M. McManus (teen fiction)
Five teens enter detention. Four make it out alive. All are suspects, and all have secrets. This breakfast-club-style whodunit will keep readers on the edge of their seat.
Speak: The Graphic Novel
By Laurie Halse Anderson (teen graphic novel)
Freshman Melinda is an outcast after calling the cops at the end-of-summer high school party. This retelling of Speak modernizes the story while focusing on the same difficult and timely issues.