Lifelines Episode 20: Around the World & An Identity Unit

 

 

In Episode 20, Saadia Faruqi will share recommendations for books that take place in other parts of the world. Then, Ann Braden will share her conversation with educator Jen Vincent about the Identity Unit she used with her students to begin the school year.

Saadia’s Recommendations

BOOKS SET IN OTHER COUNTRIES

ALL THE WAY TO HAVANA written Margarita Engle and illustrated by Mike Curato.

BABY GOES TO MARKET written by Atinuke, illustrations by Angela Brooksbank.

BOOK UNCLE AND ME, written by Uma Krishnaswami

JUANA AND LUCAS, by Juana Medina.

THE LAST CHERRY BLOSSOM by Kathleen Burkinshaw

ONE HALF FROM THE EAST written by Nadia Hashimi

THE TURTLE OF OMAN by Naomi Shihab Nye

WHERE THE STREETS HAD A NAME by Randa Abdel- Fattah.

MY FATE ACCORDING TO THE BUTTERFLY written by Gail Villanueva

EVERLASTING NORA by Marie Miranda Cruz

DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY written by Adib Khorram.

THE GIRL WHO COULD SILENCE THE WIND by Meg Medina.

 

Jen Vincent’s Recommendations

THE DAY YOU BEGIN by Jacqueline Woodson

MY TEACHER IS A MONSTER by Peter Brown

IMAGINE by Juan Felipe Herrera

NERDY BIRD by Aaron Reynolds

MY NAME IS SANGOEL by Karen Williams and Khadra Mohammad

CANVAS OF MY LIFE (video) by Jason Momoa

JOURNEY by Aaron Becker

MY GRANDMA AND ME by Mina Javaherbin