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Welcome to Season 2 Episode 9 of The Book Love Foundation Podcast! And thank you for joining us in this celebration of teaching and the joy of learning. This episode is part of a series of special shows for winter break 2017! In each episode, we will help you figure what to do with those book store gift cards by sharing some titles you may want to add to your classroom library. Today Penny talks with Aeriale Johnson!
Season 2 Ep 9 Show notes
Aeriale Johnson serves children and their communities as a kindergarten teacher at Washington Elementary School in San Jose, CA. Prior to that, she taught in rural Alaska for 11 years and Florida for eight years. Her research focuses on both exploring and eliminating word poverty and the impact of the vestiges of colonialism on public school education in rural and urban settings throughout the world. She is a National Board Certified Teacher, served on the ILA Rural Diversity Committee from 2012-14, has presented at ILA and NCTE, and is currently a Heinemann Fellow.
Here are her book recommendations…
Where the Past Begins, by Amy Tan
My Name is Not Easy, by Debby Dahl Edwardson
(Also mentioned: Blessings Bead and Whale Snow.)
The Rock and the River, by Kekla Magoon
(Also mentioned: How It Went Down and X, a novel, written with Ilyasah Shabazz.)
Other texts mentioned:
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America, by Alex Kotlowitz
The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
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What is The Book Love Foundation Podcast?
Celebrate the joy of reading with the Book Love Foundation podcast. This is a show filled with information and inspiration from teachers and leaders across grade levels, states, and school systems. We interviewed authors and educators for the first five years and now turn our attention to leaders in public, private, and charter schools. Find out more at booklovefoundation.org or join our book-love-community.mn.co of 2500 educators from 28 countries. We sustain joy together, one kid and one book at a time.