Carole Weatherford

1 month ago | hbook.com | Betsy Groban |Karida Brown |Charly Palmer |Carole Weatherford

I recently picked up Philip Nel’s 2012 dual biography of children’s literature luminaries, Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s Literature, and was immediately riveted. Nel did amazing due diligence: eighty interviews! Nearly six hundred (unobtrusive) footnotes! Research at three dozen archives! All his work paid off handsomely.

Nov 12, 2024 | slj.com | Carole Weatherford |David Cooper |Linda Park |Chris Raschka

We’ve all heard the old adage “Never judge a book by its cover.” But as school and public librarians, you may well judge books by their covers all the time, whether you are conscious of it or not. It’s hard to look away from a great cover, especially with picture books. And publishers know that a gut reaction to a picture book cover can mean the difference between a librarian adding that title to a collection or looking for other options.

Oct 23, 2024 | globenewswire.com | Carole Weatherford |David Cooper |Lindsay Matvick

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This November, Carolrhoda Booksâ, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™, presents The Doll Test: Choosing Equality written by Young People’s Poet Laureate Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by David Elmo Cooper. In their so-called doll test, pioneering Black psychologists Kenneth Clark and Mamie Clark investigated the effects of segregation by presenting children with two Black and two white baby dolls.

Aug 27, 2024 | slj.com | Carole Weatherford |Kirsten Caldwell |Nessa Diab |Mary Lyn

PreS-Gr 4–On a North Carolina farm, a young boy named (1919–2013) loved tinkering and fixing things; he grew up to become an inventor. He created a wind-powered washing machine, turned a bike into a motorcycle, and ran a machine repair shop. After getting injured in his 60s, Simpson needed a hobby and chose to turn spare parts and scrap metal into giant windmills. Eventually, his windmill-filled farm became a tourist attraction.

Jul 19, 2024 | slj.com | Carole Weatherford |Kirsten Caldwell |Ouisie Shapiro |Chelsea Clinton

. Nov. 2024. 32p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9781728477930. COPY ISBN K-Gr 4–Readers learn about the historical Doll Test from the point of view of the dolls; Weatherford first introduces 1939, when “separate but equal” was the law, leading to whites-only bathrooms, restaurants, and even schools. The dolls narrate how two psychologists, Dr. Kenneth Clark and Dr. Mamie Clark, designed a study called the Doll Test to find out how school segregation affected children.