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My June display-celebrating Juneteenth.

Though listed as a movie in Hoopla, this is really more of a moving narration of the book. The illustrations are beautifully textured - hazy and dreamlike with small, but important, details - if a little blurry during the close-ups. I didn't feel particularly drawn to the narrator, so I'm thinking I would probably prefer the picture book to the movie/DVD version.

Full review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4366452325

#history #Juneteenth #Booklist #picturebooks

Never heard of Juneteenth? Want to talk about it with your littles? Boosting these picture books rounded up by Lulusbookjourney on Instagram.

In honor of #Juneteenth here in America, I wanted to remind y‘all that the first prompt for #integrateyourshelf will be going up on Sunday! We‘re going to start by looking at our reading habits now and then try to consciously start reading in a more integrated way.

If you want tagged in the prompts (and have access to the resources @Emilymdxn and I build with your help), sign up here: https://bit.ly/IntegrateYourShelves

#junetbr not the best for filling tbrs. The ones with red X‘s were all library books that I probably won‘t be getting to any time soon. Will probably read If I‘m being honest next month. The 3 books I did read this month were pretty good. ❤️

story of celebrating Juneteenth, when the abolition of slavery was announced in Galveston, TX. story moves through history to Pres Obama. decent book to include on the enslavement of a people but its light touch just barely cracks the surface.