Karen Bilton

Nov 22, 2023 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Alicia Abdul |Karen Bilton |Lisa Buffi |Shelley Diaz

NONFICTION ELEMENTARYBackhouse, Frances. Grizzly Bears: Guardians of the Wilderness. Orca. ISBN 9781459828544. Gr 4-8–Backhouse spent five months in British Columbia’s North Coast, located in Ts’msyen territory, learning “from the Gwich’in to the Diné, and from the Niitsitapi to the Yup’ik, each group has its own grizzly-bear stories, songs, and dances.” This defining text on a misunderstood species blends science, heart, and deep knowledge. Charles, Tami.

Sep 22, 2023 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Elizabeth Rusch |Karen Bilton |David Allen

. Sept. 2023. 400p. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9780063220850. COPY ISBN Gr 8 Up–Legal buffs and climate activists will appreciate this complex and detailed journey through the U.S. court system. In 2015, lawyer Julia Olson filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on behalf of 21 youths on the grounds that government actions contributed to climate change, depriving them of their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Apr 1, 2023 | slj.com | Karen Bilton |Colleen AF

Gr 7 Up–Olaudah Equiano, born in West Africa in 1745, was captured and enslaved as a preteen and forced to work at sea. He was afforded unique opportunities while enslaved, taught to read, and able to earn wages. At 21, Equiano bought his freedom. After this, he often swore off working at sea only to find he had no other way to support himself. The authors don’t shy away from Equiano’s complicated relationship with slavery; he often had to work on ships carrying enslaved Africans.