Representation Corner 🌎

This corner will feature books and interesting facts about authors, characters, and important people that represent various cultures, races, and identities. I hope you enjoy!!

Black History Month

I Promise By Lebron James

Can I Touch Your Hair? by Charles Waters, Irene Latham

Cece Loves Science by Kimberly Derting and Shelli R. Johannes

Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

Let's Talk About Race By Julius Lester

Let The Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson

The Color of Us by Karen Katz

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed

I Am Enough by Grace Byers

Chinese New Year

Dragon Dance Read Aloud.mp4

Dragon Dance: A Chinese New Year by Joan, Holub

Ruby's Chinese New Year Read Aloud.mp4

Ruby's Chinese New Year by Vicki Lee

Hispanic Heritage

Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You! by Sonia Sotomayor

Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built By Angela Burke Kunkel

Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa by Veronica Chambers

Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight by Duncan Tonatiuh

La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya

Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina

Hidden Figures (2016) - IMDbDirected by Theodore Melfi. With Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner. The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.

Katherine Johnson BiographyNASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.

Books about Katherine Johnson:

Counting on Katherine, Reaching for the Moon, You Should Meet Katherine Johnson, A Computer Called Katherine, Hidden Figures

Meet the author of Alma and How She Got Her Name by visiting her website: https://juanamartinezneal.com/about/

ABOUT ALMA AND HOW SHE GOT HER NAME

A 2019 Caldecott Honor Book

What’s in a name? For one little girl, her very long name tells the vibrant story of where she came from — and who she may one day be.

If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for an answer and learns of Sofia, the grandmother who loved books and flowers; Esperanza, the great-grandmother who longed to travel; José, the grandfather who was an artist; and other namesakes, too. As she hears the story of her name, Alma starts to think it might be a perfect fit after all — and realizes that she will one day have her own story to tell. In her author-illustrator debut, Juana Martinez-Neal opens a treasure box of discovery for children who may be curious about their own origin stories or names.

Matthew A. Cherry is the author of the book Hair Love. He used to be a football player in the NFL and retired to become a writer, director, and producer of books, television shows, and movies. He won the 2020 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. “I go to these animated movies and, often times, you don't see yourself represented. I can only imagine what little kids feel when they don't themselves, or they don’t see protagonists that have their same style of hair," Cherry claimed as his reason for writing this story. As a parent and teacher, it is important to see representation and diversity in films and books, as they influence our children the most. I hope students can learn that Black History is always in the making, and is ALL of our American History!!

Hair Love.mp4

Click the link above to see the read aloud of the book Hair Love

Matthew A. Cherry's Website: http://www.matthewacherry.com/about