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Shelley Diaz

East Brunswick

Reviews Director at School Library Journal

@sljournal Reviews Director. Views are my own. 2025 ALSC Legacy Award. Mom of Celine & Scotty. she/hers.

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  • Climate Is Just the Start

    2 weeks ago | slj.com | Shelley Diaz

    . Mar. 2025. 208p. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780593897324. COPY ISBN Gr 4-8–A high-energy but uneven primer on climate justice. UK activist Loach, who is of Jamaican descent, presents a call to action to tweens on climate justice issues. In this passionate and friendly narrative, she shares jaw-dropping facts like how 20 percent of people are responsible for 80 percent of the world’s consumption.

  • Our Country’s Presidents: A Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. Presidency, 2024 Edition

    3 weeks ago | slj.com | Shelley Diaz |Heather Burns

    Gr 4-8–A highly readable compendium on the U.S. presidents. The colorful and glossy pages present profiles of presidents grouped in chronological order. A brief essay at each chapter opening explains the common themes shared by the presidents within these groupings, accompanied by an illustrated time line that introduces readers to important events of the period.

  • Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories

    4 weeks ago | slj.com | Shelley Diaz

    . Apr. 2025. 140p. Tr $24.99. ISBN 9781773219530. COPY ISBN Gr 7 Up–The authors ( Sky Wolf’s Call; Turtle Island) partner again to lift Indigenous stories and celebrate the many accomplishments of First Nations people across time. The book is divided into five parts, focusing on several areas of contributions, including language, the arts, anthropology, and activism.

  • The Black Mambas: The World’s First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit

    4 weeks ago | slj.com | Shelley Diaz

    by (author) & photos by Kelly Crull (photogs.). . Apr. 2025. 40p. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9798765627259. . COPY ISBN Gr 2-5–Crull (Making Art from Ocean Plastic) returns with another environmentally focused book. Informational text showcases the work of the Black Mambas, the world’s first all-woman anti-poaching unit.

  • Growing Up in the Shadow of Alcatraz: Childhood on a Prison Island

    1 month ago | slj.com | Emma Smith |Shelley Diaz |Karen Jensen |Molly Beth

    . Jan. 2025. 32p. Tr $31.32. ISBN 9781669088622; pap. $9.99. ISBN 9781669088639. COPY ISBN Gr 3-5–A slim, kid-friendly volume on what it was like to be a child growing up on the infamous prison island. Smith takes readers on a tour of Alcatraz Island, focusing more on the families of the guards who lived there rather than on the inmates. In its heyday in the 1930s, there were approximately 60–90 families and 75–100 children living there.

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Shelley (Diaz) Vale @sdiaz101
8 Oct 24

This is going to be a great panel. Can't wait!

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Besides amazing work what do @KarinaYanGlaser Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich @EmmaOtheguy, Carlos Hernandez @WriteTeachPlay have in common? Find out at #BookFest24 @sdiaz101 moderates! @sljournal @KidLitTV_NYC #bankstreetccl https://t.co/YQTI14SjK3 https://t.co/oDTjCxmQWL

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Shelley (Diaz) Vale @sdiaz101
3 Oct 24

I'll be in conversation with National Ambassador of Young People's Literature @MegMedina to close out #LatinxHeritageMonth on Oct 14. Join us! https://t.co/h9lp4yYZCi #HispanicHeritageMonth

Shelley (Diaz) Vale
Shelley (Diaz) Vale @sdiaz101
15 Jul 24

I'm sorry I'm just seeing this. I love this photo! So great to meet you, Emma.

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