Resources created to help parents and educators share current events with children and teens abound, from youth-created newspapers like IndyKids and classroom-oriented newsmagazines like Upfront. So how do we encourage young people to pay attention to the world we live in without feeling powerless in the face of what often seem to be enormous challenges? Today’s news reports or political discussions can sometimes be more disturbing or demoralizing than anything else. I’m glad that she’s engaged, but also sometimes have to squelch my inclination to shield her from news that I’m not comfortable discussing. Her humanities homework includes presidential debate watching, and she and her friends often discuss sustainability activities and the latest on standardized testing (in between watching Drake memes on YouTube). “Barak avoids complex terms and discussion of cell structure, reproduction, and disease that might confuse or frighten the intended audience, but an afterword identifies each microbe and offers additional information. This friendly introduction to the microscopic world is appropriate even for the squeamish.My seventh grader would probably go through the roof for a signed poster of the “ PBS NewsHour’s” Gwen Ifill, and regularly checks to make sure I’m still a “sustaining member” of our local public radio station. ★ “Science at its best: informative and gross.” - Kirkus, starred review This interactive book provides an introduction to germs and how they spread in an accessible way for young readers. With a touch of their finger, young readers can bring Min on an adventure to amazing places she’s never seen before, like your teeth or the front of your shirt. In fact, so small that you’d need to look through a microscope to see her. In this interactive children’s picture book, microbiologist Idan Ben-Barak and award-winning illustrator Julian Frost zoom in on the microscopic world found on everyday objects-and in our bodies. An absolute-must for…libraries.” - School Library JournalĭO NOT LICK THIS BOOK by Idan Ben-Barak and Julian Frost “The ambiguous nature of the circumstances makes appropriate for many situations children face in today’s never-ending news cycle. ★ “Featuring a multi-ethnic neighborhood of individuals connected-for better or worse-through their shared disquiet, this is a wise and timely book.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review The Breaking News by Sarah Lynne Reul touches on themes of community, resilience, and optimism with an authenticity that will resonate with readers young and old. Small things can compound, after all, to make a world of difference. She wants more than anything to help in a BIG way, but maybe she can start with one small act of kindness instead…and then another, and another. At school, her teacher tells the class to look for the helpers-the good people working to make things better in big and small ways. When devastating news rattles a young girl’s community, her normally attentive parents and neighbors are suddenly exhausted and distracted.
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