Ruth Behar

The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards: WINNERS Sister Friend The Maid and the Crocodile FINALISTS A Kurta to Remember Snow Steps Across So Many Seas The Color of Sound #PADIBA #PADIBA2025 @ReadYourWorld #BookTwitter @ruthbehar @EmilyBarthIsler

Celebrate Black History Month with us by posting a book a day! ⭐ Book 12 of 28: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory

"It’s such a meaningful affirmation. I feel I’m being told to keep writing." —Dr. @ruthbehar mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newber…

The 2025 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards Judging Committee announced the longlists and commended titles. To view and purchase these books at a discounted price: Bookshop.org/shop/PADIBA LONGLIST: Middle Grade and Young Adult A Two-Placed Heart (@tubooks, @LEEandLOW) Written by Doan Phuong Nguyen Across So Many Seas (@nancyrosep, @penguinrandom) Written by @ruthbehar Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf (@TundraBooks, PRH) Written by Deke Moulton Lockjaw (Tundra, PRH) Written by Matteo L. Cerilli My So-Called Family (@fsgbooks, @MacmillanUSA) Written by Gia Gordon The Color of Sound (@CarolrhodaLab, @LernerBooks) Written by @EmilyBarthIsler The Diamond Explorer (@DuttonBooks, PRH) Written by @kaokaliayang The Maid and the Crocodile (Amulet, @ABRAMSbooks) Written by Jordan Ifueko The No-Girlfriend Rule (Atheneum; @simonschuster) Written by @bycrandall They Thought They Buried Us (Carolrhoda Lab, Lerner Publishing Group) Written by Noneiqa Ramos ____________________________ PADIBA details: The winners and finalists will be announced in late April. The submissions window for the 2026 awards will be July 1 - August 31, 2025 For more information: ReadYourWorld.org/awards ____________________________ #PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #ReadYourWorld @MCChildsBookDay  #BookTwitter #TeacherTwitter #LibraryTwitter

The 2025 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards Judging Committee announced the longlists and commended titles. To view and purchase these books at a discounted price: Bookshop.org/shop/PADIBA LONGLIST: Middle Grade and Young Adult A Two-Placed Heart (@tubooks, @LEEandLOW) Written by Doan Phuong Nguyen Across So Many Seas (@nancyrosep, @penguinrandom) Written by @ruthbehar Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf (@TundraBooks, PRH) Written by Deke Moulton Lockjaw (Tundra, PRH) Written by Matteo L. Cerilli My So-Called Family (@fsgbooks, @MacmillanUSA) Written by Gia Gordon The Color of Sound (@CarolrhodaLab, @LernerBooks) Written by @EmilyBarthIsler The Diamond Explorer (@DuttonBooks, PRH) Written by @kaokaliayang The Maid and the Crocodile (Amulet, @ABRAMSbooks) Written by Jordan Ifueko The No-Girlfriend Rule (Atheneum; @simonschuster) Written by @bycrandall They Thought They Buried Us (Carolrhoda Lab, Lerner Publishing Group) Written by Noneiqa Ramos ____________________________ PADIBA details: The winners and finalists will be announced in late April. The submissions window for the 2026 awards will be July 1 - August 31, 2025 For more information: ReadYourWorld.org/awards ____________________________ #PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #ReadYourWorld @MCChildsBookDay  #BookTwitter #TeacherTwitter #LibraryTwitter

I am so heartened to learn that #acrosssomanyseas is on 2024 best books lists. Warm thanks to my amazing editor @nancyrosep and the team at @penguinkids!