These are the books that Shirley discussed in her session. There is a nice mix of novels and picture books on the list and she summarized, shared and read aloud from all of them. The one that really grabbed me from her entertaining presentation was Skila Brown's Caminar about a Guatemalan boy living in the midst of the late 20th century civil war in his country. I went to the Kids Ink booth in the Exhibit Hall right after the breakout session and picked it up. I had a break in my schedule so I found a place to sit down and read and was instantly lost in a Guatemalan village. It's written in verse, and I'm a sucker for a book written in verse. By the time I went to bed that night, I had finished it.
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