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The Reading Quilt: Does My Head Look Big in This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah

ach month “The Reading Quilt” provides a short review of a book or play that a teacher may use to spark conversations about culture and race, along with a learning activity that may help students understand human behavior. Using the acronym QUILT, we offer readers information about the Quality of writing, Universal theme, and Imaginative plot, as well as a mini Lesson plan, and Talking points that stem from the book’s premise. This month’s selection is Does My Head Look Big in This by Randa Abdel-Fattah.

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The Reading Quilt: Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

Each month, “The Reading Quilt” provides a short review of a book that a teacher may use to spark conversations about culture and race, along with a learning activity that may help students understand human behavior. Using the acronym QUILT, Slaughter offers readers information about the Quality of writing, Imaginative plot, as well as a mini Lesson plan, and Talking points that stem from the book’s premise. This month, Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson is the focus of QUILT.

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The Reading Quilt: Bluish by Virginia Hamilton

Each month, “The Reading Quilt” provides a short review of a book that a teacher may use to spark conversations about culture and race, along with a learning activity that may help students understand human behavior. Using the acronym QUILT, Slaughter offers readers information about the Quality of writing, Imaginative plot, as well as a mini Lesson plan, and Talking points that stem from the book’s premise. This month, Virginia Hamilton’s Bluish (Scholastic, 1999), which details the life of a sick girl and her classmates is the focus of QUILT.

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The Golden Voice of Africa – Salif Keita

Salif Keita, from Mali, is one of the most influential musicians on the African continent and an activist for Black people with albinism. He is known as the ‘Golden Voice of Africa.’

Salif Keita, from Mali, is one of the most influential musicians on the African continent and an activist for Black people with albinism. He is known as the ‘Golden Voice of Africa.

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