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With a gripping narrative,  author Sheinkin describes the Cold War’s arms race and the space race,  first dropping the reader into the stree...

Where does oil come from?  How was it used in ancient times?   And how did it become the essential commodity it is in our society today?   T...

I want to share these pictures of the Papertoy Monsters that invaded our school library just  a few weeks ago.  As usual,  some students enj...

Bronx Hope celebrated Latinx Heritage Month by highlighting centuries-old traditions and creating new art pieces.  Students observed the Rep...

This September students visiting Belmont’s school library celebrated Hispanic Heritage in our community by learning more about the terms His...

Students at Passages Academy engaged in a rich discussion about why books are challenged and/or banned in some schools or public libraries. ...

A belated “welcome back!” to everyone.  We’ve been so busy with re-opening and constantly disinfecting our libraries we haven’t had a moment...

Going to take a breather to re-up.  Wishing you a healthy summer full of good reads.  See you back here in September!  --The Passages Academ...

 If you only read one blogpost on the subject, I highly recommend this one by Kelly Starling Lyons and Torrey Maldonado , featuring the voic...

In writing this book, I wanted to be as authentic and truthful about my experience as possible.  I wanted my story to be told in totality: t...

This fast-paced juvenile biography dives into the 1964 spectacle of 23-year old Bruce Lee doing pushups using only two fingers on one hand b...

We kicked off AAPI Heritage Month 2021 with a schema activity around the geography of Asia using Geo Kids’ Asia puzzle .   Many thanks to Li...

“The best way to eliminate a group is to demonize them, such that their disappearance is seen as an act of justice, not discrimination.”  Th...

I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats offers us a sweet, humorous, and rather  bold look at how cats view their interactions with us ...

We’ve been celebrating all month long, first with Gwendolyn Brooks’ “ We Real Cool ” and Zetta Elliot’s "We Can't Breathe" and...

 Yes!   Your students will want to read this very of-the-moment book of poems by Dr. Javon Johnson, award-winning slam poet and Director of ...

Quan was only in 6th grade when he witnessed  a home invasion and his father’s arrest by the police. Without his dad around,  Quan became th...

  Pulga and Chico are two Guatemalan cousins  who are as close as brothers.  One day they are in the back of Don Feliciano’s store moving so...

After an airplane crash on its way to the Dominican Republic takes their father, Yahaira and Camino’s worlds are thrown onto a collision cou...

  Are we excited for poetry month! What month is that you ask? April of course! And all of our students will be participating in a poetry-ac...