Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is the largest children's literacy nonprofit organization in the country, so it's no wonder that RIF's CEO, Carol Rasco, is a book lover. What you might not know is that she's also a blogger at Rasco from RIF, and a Round II judge for Nonfiction and Information Picture Books.
Carol reviews a lot of kids' books, of course, and one of the books she read last year was NFPB finalist Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney. A great pick for today's Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, this book tells the story of four young black college students who, in 1960, held a peaceful sit-in at a Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. In her review, Carol says:
There are many books about the civil rights movement, this one brings a fresh approach that will engage young people and not only share the history but instill a greater appreciation for the work of students in creating that history.
Click here to read the full review.