There was a wonderful piece in the New York Times on Prof. Thomas E. Wartenberg teaching of philosophy to children through children’s books. You can read the full article, “Examined Life, Age 8” here. “The world is a puzzling place and when you’re young it doesn’t make sense,” Professor Wartenberg says. “What you’re giving them… Read more »
Phillip Hoose talks about the inspiration for Its Our World Too! and We Were There Too! with the grand folks at AdLit.org.
Since the boy is more powerful than the ant, does that mean it’s okay for him to squish the ant? Can you think of anyone you are more powerful than? Does that mean its okay for you to hurt them? These are just some of the questions posed by Lauren Flinner at Teaching Children Philosophy. … Read more »
Phillip Hoose was pleased to be invited to write an essay for The Nature Conservancy’s new youth programs. Phil is a conservation planner for The Nature Conservancy where he has been a staff member since 1977. “…the youthful experience of nature itself may be headed for extinction. Children living even in remote villages experience life… Read more »
Pleased that Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice and We Were There Too: Young People in U.S. History are included in the University of Delaware’s Freedom Project: Teaching American History program this year. Phil Hoose will be speaking to educators there on July 26, 2011. The goals of the TAH Freedom Project are (1) increased teacher… Read more »
I hoped that Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice would change the way we talk about the Montgomery bus protest. I think it has. It isn’t just that then 15-year-old Claudette Colvin took great risks and suffered great consequences before Rosa Parks famously did exactly what she did nearly a year later. It is, that as… Read more »
As this African American History Month comes to a close and the book celebrates its second anniversary with a paperback release, it is gratifying to see Claudette’s name so often mentioned alongside that of Rosa Parks. Even the White House dog, Bo mentioned Claudette’s contribution in his blog: “While it was clearly Rosa Parks’ destiny to… Read more »
As spring training season arrives, I was pleased to speak with MPBN‘s Irwin Gratz about the two youngest pro baseball players ever. Two 15-year-old baseball players –Joe Nuxhall and Anna Meyer–who got their professional start during World War II are among the young people featured in my book, We Were There Too: Young People in… Read more »
I thank School & Library Journal for asking me to choose my “favorite children’s book about the black experience” for their article “Places in the Heart: Celebrating Black History Month“. This article is well worth a read to build your library with recommendations from authors: Sharon Draper, Russell Freedman, Nikki Grimes, Angela Johnson, Cynthia Kadohata,… Read more »
We just shipped off a package of Hey, Little Ant books and the very last CD in stock to Jennifer Lewkowski, an Occupational Therapist in South Africa. Jennifer works with individuals ages 3-50 who have issues managing gravity, touch, visual and auditory input, organization, sequence, and motor planning. Jennifer has read Hey, Little Ant to… Read more »