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Learn more about these staff picks →Author: Mary Van Akin
Teacher’s Guide: Call Him Jack
Teacher’s Guide: Call Him Jack
Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter
By Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long
Ages 10-14
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An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights.
According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was “a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides.” According to Hank Aaron, Robinson was a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power movement. According to his wife, Rachel Robinson, he was always Jack, not Jackie—the diminutive form of his name bestowed on him in college by white sports writers. And throughout his whole life, Jack Robinson was a fighter for justice, an advocate for equality, and an inspiration beyond just baseball.
From prominent Robinson scholars Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long comes Call Him Jack, an exciting biography that recovers the real person behind the legend, reanimating this famed figure’s legacy for new generations, widening our focus from the sportsman to the man as a whole, and deepening our appreciation for his achievements on the playing field in the process.
Find out more about CALL HIM JACK here →Preview A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes with Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders
Go behind the scenes of a singular, richly illustrated picture book biography of Bayard Rustin, the gay Black man behind the March on Washington of 1963 with award-winning authors Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders.
Find out more about A Song for the Unsung →Staff Picks – October 2022
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Learn more about these staff picks →Cinder 10th Anniversary Author Visit Sweeps
Cinder 10th Anniversary Author Visit Sweeps
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Cinder with the reigning “Queen of Fairy Tale Retellings,” New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer! Enter your school for a chance to win a visit with Marissa Meyer this Fall.
Enter the sweeps here →Staff Picks – September 2022
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Learn more about these staff picks →Read and Share Banned Books
RAISE YOUR VOICE
At Macmillan Publishers, nothing is more important to us than the power of sharing ideas and stories. This Banned Books Week, our authors and employees are raising our voices in support of frequently challenged books and invite you to join the conversation.
Make Waves with Odder
Make Waves with Odder
Register your classroom or school library for a coin drive to support ocean conservation! Participating classrooms and school libraries will be entered to win a visit from New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate.
Register your classroom or school library today! →MacKids Spotlight: Susie Jaramillo
Meet Susie Jaramillo, children’s book author and CEO of Encantos, an award-winning storyteaching platform. In this month’s author spotlight, preview Susie’s upcoming book Skeletina and the In-Between World, publishing simultaneously in English and in Spanish on September 6, 2022.
Read our Q&A with Susie Jaramillo here →School is Wherever I Am Sweepstakes
School is Wherever I Am Sweepstakes
Learning happens when you have an open mind and an open heart. Start your school year with School is Wherever I Am by author (and teacher!) Ellie Peterson, a timely new picture book about learning and exploration, and the ever-expanding definition of school. Enter our giveaway for a chance to receive a classroom poster and activity perfect for bulletin board displays.
