Podcast appearances and mentions of Steve Sheinkin

April/May 2025 | Hosts Holly Browning and Dylan Posa talk to Madi Staggs about the Summer Reading Program, and recommend: 'Dead Money' by Jakob Kerr 'Bomb' by Steve Sheinkin 'Witchcraft For Wayward Girls' by Grady Hendrix and 'Once Upon a Wardrobe' by Patti Callahan Henry

SHOW NOTES: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2024/11/creature-double-feature-part-i-deke.html TRANSCRIPT: https://otter.ai/u/9oU8bBDsH32kp0wvR50fWFGLTF0?utm_source=copy_url For the month of November 2024, we've got a 2-part series, CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE: ANTISEMITISM AND THE SUPERNATURAL. Our first guest is Deke Moulton, author of Don't Want to Be Your Monster (about Jewish vampires) and Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf (about Jewish werewolves). These middle grade fantasy novels go beyond simple adventures with supernatural heroes. I love how they both delve deeply into the very nature of prejudice. I love how they both imagine worlds in which kids defeat hate. AND they are also fun, fast paced magical adventure stories. Creature Double Feature Part II is an interview with Emi Watanabe Cohen about her dragon and golem middle grade novels, The Lost Ryū and Golemcrafters, which make great companions to Deke's books.  LEARN MORE:  Creature Double Feature Part II with Emi Watanabe Cohen Deke's website DekeMoulton.com and Instagram @dekewritesstuff Buy / borrow Don't Want to Be Your Monster Buy/ borrow Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf Tikkun Olam: donate to Wolfhaven, and learn about keystone species Background on Jewish werewolves in sacred texts Star Trek reference to the yetzer hatov and yetzer hara in The Enemy Within Deke's reading recommendations: - Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack - Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz - Impossible Escape by Steve Sheinkin - ...and a reading rec from Heidi: Tale of the Flying Forest by R.M. Romero List of Jewish fantasy titles featured on past podcast episodes NOVEMBER EVENTS JEWISH JOY READING PARTY Auction November 13-20, 2024 Bid at The Artists Against Antisemitism 2nd annual Auction to have me host a private virtual event for you and your friends BID HERE! CHEERING ON JEWISH BOOKS November 20, 2024 at 7pm ET Free online talk about supporting Jewish literature PRE-REGISTER HERE!  

Beth Golay recently spoke with Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin about "The Bletchley Riddle," their first collaboration with each other.

Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin, authors of The Bletchley Riddle, discuss their collaboration and the inspiration behind their middle grade novel set in Bletchley Park during World War II. The book features two main characters, Jacob and Lizzie, who are involved in codebreaking and unraveling a family mystery. They talk about the challenges and joys of writing for young readers, the importance of curiosity and awareness in historical fiction, and the process of working together as co-authors. For bonus content and info on upcoming episodes, subscribe to the Middle Grade Matters newsletter here: Newsletter, and follow us on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter.I love audiobooks! If you do, too, consider switching to Libro.fm, a platform that supports indy bookstores.If you're enjoying this podcast, please leave a rating and review (thank you!).

October 9th, 1944. In California, 50 U.S. sailors are on trial for the Navy's most serious crime, mutiny. It's a rarely used charge, yet these 50 sailors—all of whom are Black—face the death penalty if convicted. But today, their chances of a fair trial get a little better.  Thurgood Marshall enters the courtroom. He is the lead attorney for the NAACP, and believes that this trial is a direct result of ongoing segregation and racism in the U.S. military. Knowing the odds are against him, Marshall will do everything he can to prevent a miscarriage of justice. Today, the Port Chicago Mutiny. Why did 50 Black sailors working on the homefront get charged with a capital crime? And with Thurgood Marshall on their side, will justice prevail in the courtroom? Special thanks to Matthew Delmont, professor of history at Dartmouth College and author of Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad; and Steve Sheinkin, author of The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights. To stay updated: historythisweekpodcast.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We love hosting authors on this podcast, and today we have a repeat guest. It's the one and only Ruta Sepetys, only this time she's joined by author, Steve Sheinkin! Ruta and Steve had teamed up and co-authored a new book called The Bletchley Riddle. The Bletchley Riddle is a historical mystery for middle grades and we're so honored to have the opportunity to hear all the details from the authors themselves. Ruta and Steve share how this collaboration came to be, what the co-writing process was like, and how they envision students interacting with the text.Not only is this a great episode for ELA teachers, but it would also be a fun one to share with your students. It brings important yet underrepresented history to light in an exciting and engaging way for young readers. Be sure to check Ruta's website for an educator's guide to The Bletchley Riddle!Resources:The Bletchley Riddle, by Ruta Sepetys and Steve SheinkinSteve's YouTube Channel: Author-Fan Face-OffShop Ruta's booksShop Steve's booksSHOW NOTES: https://www.bravenewteaching.com/home/episode227"Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!"Check out Curriculum Rehab here! Support the show

Impossible Escape by Steve SheinkinFor Rudi, escape was all he thought about. Escape and getting information about what was actually happening in the concentration camps in Europe out to the world. After all, how could people really know just how awful things were in Poland and some of the other countries where the Nazis had established these killing centers. For Greta, it was all about trying to stay out of the concentration camps, and avoid being rounded up. For both Rudi and Greta, time is running out. Recommended for grades 7 and up. 

Release date 10/8/24. Jakob, 19, works the night shift at Bletchley, near London, with other brilliant minds and complex machines all working toward deciphering German messages during WWII. While his sister, Lizzie, 14, is deciphering messages potentially written by their mother proving Lizzie's belief that their mother is still alive despite being told she died in a bomb blast. Timing is everything. Plenty of suspense with relatable sibling banter and serious riddles and puzzles will keep readers involved. Transcript here

SHOW NOTES: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2024/07/espionage-secrets-suspense-holocaust.html Two incredible authors, Adam Gidwitz and Steve Sheinkin, joined me to talk about their most recent books, Max in the House of Spies and Impossible Escape. As many listeners know, I tend to avoid Holocaust books because I've kind of overdosed on them during a long career of working with Jewish children's literature... but both of these books are SO good that I couldn't ignore them. Max in the House of Spies is middle grade historical fantasy fiction and Impossible Escape is young adult nonfiction. They are very different books, but they also make a great pairing... as do Adam and Steve, who are friends in real life. Impossible Escape was a 2024 Sydney Taylor Honor Book (young adult category). It remains to be seen whether Max in the House of Spies will become an award winner, but it seems likely to me! LEARN MORE: Transcript of interview Adam Gidwitz's website Steve Sheinkin's website Adam recommends An Account Rendered by Melita Maschmann, and Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, a documentary film and book by Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer Adam's podcast Grim, Grimmer, Grimmest Steve's YouTube show Author-Fan Face-Off Adam's Sydney Taylor Book Award winner (middle grade category): The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog  |  2017 podcast interview about Inquisitor's Tale ANNOUNCEMENT: The Book of Life is now available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@bookoflifepodcast

Tonight on GhostBox Radio with Greg Bakun, Greg talks to Author Steve Sheinkin about one of the most unusual plots in US history, the attempted theft of the body of President Lincoln. What happened to his body after the attempted theft is even weirder……. E-mail: comment@ghostboxradio.com Join our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/iEhEl2 Other places to get past episodes:…

YA. Narrative nonfiction. Unputdownable. There are plenty of WWII and Holocaust stories for teens, though none quite like Impossible Escape. This is the true story of two men who survived an escape from Birkenau concentration camp intent on sharing with the world the atrocities of concentration camps. In doing so, Rudi Vrba and Adolph Wetzler saved 200,000 lives. Transcript here

(Dec 1, 2023) In order to write about Rudi Vrba, Steve Sheinkin had to walk in his footsteps. Literally. But most people don't know who Rudi is or why he's important to WW2.

Three-time National Book Award finalist & Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin will be joined by debut illustrator Kōdo Kimura will celebrate the release of two new books Friday night. At Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, New York.

In this episode, we were convinced by J. Robert Oppenheimer's elevator pitch to join the Manhattan Project so we watched the movie Oppenheimer (2023). How well did Christopher Nolan capture the life and tribulations of the “father of the atomic bomb?” Does the movie blend the mix of history, science, and international drama in an entertaining way to stay in your seat for three hours? Is this the biggest nuclear war movie of our lifetimes – for those born after 1964 at least? Tim Westmyer (@NuclearPodcast), co-host James Sheehan (@JSheehanDC), and special guest Dr. Justin Anderson (@Atomic_Chess) answer these questions and more. Before we pack our bags to camp out in the New Mexico desert for an indeterminate amount of time, we recommend: • Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 2005 • Steve Sheinkin, Bomb (Graphic Novel), 2023 • Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, Trinity: A Graphic Novel of the History of the First Atomic Bomb, 2012 • Gregg Herkin, Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller, 2002 • Oppenheimer (1980 TV mini-series) • The Social Network (2010 movie) • The Imitation Game (2014 movie) • Widespread Annihilation (game card), Flesh and Blood tabletop game (Dusk Till Dawn edition) • Los Alamos National Laboratory, “Plutonium and poetry: Where Trinity and Oppenheimer's reading habits met,” (Recommendations from Oppenheimer for further reading), July 14, 2021 Check out our website, SuperCriticalPodcast.com, for more resources and related items. We aim to have at least one new episode every month. Let us know what you think about the podcast and any ideas you may have about future episodes and guests by reaching out at on Twitter/X @NuclearPodcast, GooglePlay, Spotify, SoundCloud, TuneIn, SuperCriticalPodcast@gmail.com, and YouTube. Enjoy!

Fallout by Steve SheinkinMost people have never heard the name Vasili Arkhipov, but we all should know about him. If it weren't for him, the world would be a very different place, and humans might not even be on it anymore. Or, if any of humanity had survived, it would certainly not be in the current world we exist in. Why? Because in the early 1960s, the Cold War was raging between the United States and the U.S.S.R.  and Cuba had just become the hot spot.After World War II, Europe was just trying to rebuild, but the United States and the U.S.S.R. both emerged as the most powerful countries in the world. The Soviet leaders wanted to make sure the world would sit up and take notice of them, and make sure no one ever invaded them again, like Germany had during World War II. As the world entered the nuclear age of weapons, the knowledge that life on earth could actually be destroyed kept everyone on edge. In the United States, President Kennedy encouraged all Americans to build fallout shelters that would allow them to survive a nuclear holocaust. However, people that had actually lived through a radioactive experience, knew first hand how horrible the effects were, and how helpless humans are in the face of such a disaster. Which is where Vasili Arkhipov comes into play, and how he may have literally saved the world.Recommended for grades 7 and up.  

Steve Sheinkin's, Bomb, was a Newbery honor and National Book Awards finalist. It is now a graphic novel, illustrated by Nick Bertozzi. The Bomb Graphic Novel is an adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book, which tells the fascinating and frightening true story behind the atomic bomb. Steve Sheinkin and Nick Bertozzi will be at Northshire Saratoga tonight at 6 p.m. for a talk and signing about Bomb: The Graphic Novel.

In this episode, I'm chatting with Rachel Person, events manager at Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, New York.Northshire Bookstore has two locations, Manchester, Vermont, and Saratoga Springs, New York. They were founded in 1976 by Edward and Barbara Morrow, who recently sold to Clark and Lu French, also of Manchester.Rachel Person is the events manager for Northshire Bookstore. She spent six years curating and producing literary programming at Symphony Space in New York City, and served as Associate Director of the series Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story, heard nationwide on public radio. In Saratoga Springs, Rachel served in the Community Relations Office at Skidmore College, where she acted as Art Partner Liaison for SaratogaArtsFest. She is on the Executive Board of Saratoga Reads and the Board of Directors of the Adirondack Center for Writing. A graduate of Albany High School and Princeton University, Rachel lives in Saratoga Springs with her husband, writer Steve Sheinkin, and their two children. Northshire BookstoreThe Book of Delights, Ross Gay The Bright Ages, Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry Next Year in Havana, Chanel CleetonTwelve Ceasars, Mary Breard  Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo and Hardore, Dan Ozzi  The Melancholia of Class, by Cynthia Cruz If This Bird Had Pockets, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, Emma J. Virjan Book Lovers, Emily Henry Atlas Six, Olivie BlakeDon't Check Out This Book, Kate KliseLapvona, Ottessa Moshfegh When I'm Gone Look for Me in the East, Quan BarryA Shape in the Dark: Living and Dying with Brown Bears, Bjorn DihleManhunt, Gretchen Felker-MartinOrfeo, Richard PowersMercy Street, Jennifer HaighThe Spider, Leo CarewWeapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O'NeilThe Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich On the Laps of Gods, Robert WhitakerWhat Doesn't Kill You, Tessa Miller City of Dusk, Tara Sim Steve Sheinkin, authorSupport the show

We're back, and boy have we got a corker for you this week! The Perfectionists sit down with Dennis's old mentor -- New York Times bestselling cartoonist and teacher at the School of Visual Arts, Nick Bertozzi! They talk about learning to stay true to yourself as a professional artist, unlearning the habit of people pleasing, projecting your dang voice in the classroom and on the stage, and most importantly assertiveness (when do you have it, when do you not, and how can you learn it?). Nick's upcoming graphic novel is called BOMB! (based on a YA novel by Steve Sheinkin) and it's about how the Soviets stole the secrets of the Manhattan Project to create their own atomic bomb. It'll be out in Winter of 2023 from Roaring Brook Press.

New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, taking readers on a terrifying journey into the Cold War and our mutual assured destruction.As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance, spy planes fly above, armed submarines swim deep below, and undercover agents meet in the dead of night.The Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards each other, with fingers literally on the trigger. The decades-long showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world's close call with the third―and final―world war.HOST:  Rob MellonFEATURED BREW:  Thespian Espionage IPA, Weathered Ground Brewery, Cool Ridge, West VirginiaBOOK:  Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdownhttps://www.amazon.com/Fallout-Spies-Superbombs-Ultimate-Showdown/dp/1250149010/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AMRT7ISNMB9N&keywords=fallout+sheinkin&qid=1640120467&sprefix=fallout+sheinkin%2Caps%2C276&sr=8-1MUSIC:  Bones Forkhttps://bonesfork.com/

It's time for my favorite episode of the year – the Kids/YA gift Giving Guide! I invited a bunch of kids to tell me about their favorite books, and once again these kids are funny, thoughtful, wise, smart, and so interesting. If you have young people to buy for this holiday season, this episode will give you lots of great ideas. If you don't have young people to buy for, you will still get some wonderful reading suggestions. I'm telling you – kid lit and YA lit is the most innovative writing out there.   Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website   Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram     Do you have a book you want to tell me about? Go HERE to apply to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast.   Discussed in this episode: Hope, Age 7 Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne These books are part of The Magic Treehouse Series by Mary Pope Osborne   McKenzie, Age 7 Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve by Mary Pope Osborne Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne Earthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope Osborne Monday with a Mad Genius by Mary Pope Osborne   The Supernatural Bear, Age 9 (SNB is a regular guest on the Word to Your Mama Podcast, so if you enjoyed hearing me talk to him, definitely check him out over there!) The Gideon Trilogy by Linda Buckley-Archer Book 1: The Time Travelers Book 2: The Time Thief Book 3: The Time Quake   Rohan, Age 11 The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey: Graphic Novels of Jewish Wisdom and Wit in the Wild West by Steve Sheinkin Rabbi Harvey Rides Again by Steve Sheinkin Rabbi Harvey vs. the Wisdom Kid: A Graphic Novel of Dueling Jewish Folktales in the Wild West by Steve Sheinkin   Kate, Age 11 Alone by Megan E. Freeman   Jack, Age 13 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Outsiders Movie The Sun Trail (Warrior Cats Book) by Erin Hunter (Jack talked to me about the Warrior Cats books in last year's Kids/YA Episode. If you are looking for an expansive book universe, you can't beat this series.)   Joey, Age 14 The Generations Trilogy by Scott Sigler: Book 1: Alive Book 2: Alight Book 3: Alone The Maze Runner by James Dashner The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan Game Changer by Neal Shusterman Divergent by Veronica Roth   Erin, Age 18 Life in a Fishbowl by Len Vlahos (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you're shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

It's time for my favorite episode of the year – the Kids/YA gift Giving Guide! I invited a bunch of kids to tell me about their favorite books, and once again these kids are funny, thoughtful, wise, smart, and so interesting. If you have young people to buy for this holiday season, this episode will give you lots of great ideas. If you don't have young people to buy for, you will still get some wonderful reading suggestions. I'm telling you – kid lit and YA lit is the most innovative writing out there.   Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website   Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram     Do you have a book you want to tell me about? Go HERE to apply to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast.   Discussed in this episode: Hope, Age 7 Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne These books are part of The Magic Treehouse Series by Mary Pope Osborne   McKenzie, Age 7 Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve by Mary Pope Osborne Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne Earthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope Osborne Monday with a Mad Genius by Mary Pope Osborne   The Supernatural Bear, Age 9 (SNB is a regular guest on the Word to Your Mama Podcast, so if you enjoyed hearing me talk to him, definitely check him out over there!) The Gideon Trilogy by Linda Buckley-Archer Book 1: The Time Travelers Book 2: The Time Thief Book 3: The Time Quake   Rohan, Age 11 The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey: Graphic Novels of Jewish Wisdom and Wit in the Wild West by Steve Sheinkin Rabbi Harvey Rides Again by Steve Sheinkin Rabbi Harvey vs. the Wisdom Kid: A Graphic Novel of Dueling Jewish Folktales in the Wild West by Steve Sheinkin   Kate, Age 11 Alone by Megan E. Freeman   Jack, Age 13 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Outsiders Movie The Sun Trail (Warrior Cats Book) by Erin Hunter (Jack talked to me about the Warrior Cats books in last year's Kids/YA Episode. If you are looking for an expansive book universe, you can't beat this series.)   Joey, Age 14 The Generations Trilogy by Scott Sigler: Book 1: Alive Book 2: Alight Book 3: Alone The Maze Runner by James Dashner The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan Game Changer by Neal Shusterman Divergent by Veronica Roth   Erin, Age 18 Life in a Fishbowl by Len Vlahos (Note: Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I get a few bucks off your purchase at no extra expense to you. Anytime you shop for books, you can use my affiliate link on Bookshop, which also supports Indie Bookstores around the country. If you're shopping for everything else – clothes, office supplies, gluten-free pasta, couches – you can use my affiliate link for Amazon. Thank you for helping to keep the Best Book Ever Podcast in business!)

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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian Football Team   By Steve SheinkinJim Thorpe began his life in Oklahoma living with his father and his mother, his father's third wife. Of Potawatomi and Sac and Fox ancestry, Thorpe never was one to like school. In fact, when his parents decided he should attend an Indian school, he ran away from it at least three times. It was 23 miles from his home. He simply ran back home! However, when his father finally felt he could do nothing with him, he sent him off to the most infamous of Indian schools of the time, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, located all the way across the country to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Recommended for grades 6 and up. 

New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown," is a follow up to his award-winning book "Bomb: The Race to Build --and Steal-- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon," "Fallout" takes readers on a terrifying journey into the Cold War and our mutual assured destruction.

Johnny and Reef sit down with author Steve Sheinkin to talk about his book Undefeated, about perhaps the most remarkable team in college football history, the Carlisle Indians. Coached by the legendary Pop Warner, in 1907, a young man named Jim Thorpe joined the team, and a new era in college football was born. In fact, many say it was unveiled right here in Philadelphia, at Franklin Field, on October 26th, 1907. The lightly regarded Carlisle Indians came to Philly to take on the powerful Penn Quakers, and unveiled a new look: the single wing offense, similar to today's wildcat. Confounded by a team that was actually utilizing the forward pass, Penn was crushed by the underdogs, 28-6, and a new era in football was born. We talk to Steve about that game, about Pop Warner and Thorpe's relationship, and about the racist obstacles Thorpe faced in his playing days. It's a great chat about one of hte most remarkable figures in American sports history. If you enjoy it, please leave us a review and a 5 star rating!

Connie Hsu is an executive editor at Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan Publishing, a founding member of the Children’s Book Council Diversity Committee, and a member of the Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Planning Committee. Her authors include Vera Brosgol, Ruth Chan, Angela Dominguez, Shannon Hale, Kathryn Otoshi, Dan Santat, Steve Sheinkin, Mariko Tamaki, Susan Tan, and Tillie Walden. Connie speaks to. Theo Baker about her journey to being an editor, how she sees an editor’s role, and what she’s looking for in a manuscript.Support the show (http://scbwi.org/join-scbwi/)

In this Unabridged Podcast Book Club episode, we discuss Eric Gansworth's memoir in verse, Apple: Skin to the Core. We talk about what worked for us, share quotes, and offer pairings including Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter, Steve Sheinkin’s Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team, and Laurie Halse Anderson’s Shout.   Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode.   Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.   Want to support Unabridged? Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. | Join our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. | Visit our curated list of books at Bookshop.org. | Become a patron on Patreon. | Check out our Merch Store. | Visit the resources available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights    By Steve SheinkinDuring WWII, the navy as well as all the armed forces were segregated. Black sailors were allowed to enlist, however, they couldn’t serve on ships other than as cooks and attendants of that sort. So any who were in the Navy ended up doing menial labor jobs. However, there was another job that blacks were put to work doing at Port Chicago in California. This involved loading the ammunition aboard the naval ships. Only black sailors were given this task, with white officers supervising them. No training in how to handle these explosives was given to the sailors. It seemed an explosion was only a matter of time...and it was. Recommended for grades 7 and up. 

Enjoy our presentation of Bomb : the Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon written by Steve Sheinkin and published by Roaring Brook Press. The fascinating and frightening true story of the creation of the most destructive force in the world. Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.This title was awarded the Newberry Medal in 2016.Bomb is recommended for ages 12 and up for violence. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews. http://bit.ly/Bomb_ReviewsThis title is available as an audiobook on Libby by Overdrive.Libby Audiobook - http://bit.ly/Bomb_LibbyAudioPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340

In 2000, a poll was conducted by ABC Sports recognizing the Greatest Athlete of the Twentieth Century. The winner was not Muhammad Ali, Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens, Wayne Gretzky, Jack Nicklaus, and Michael Jordan—but a man today many have never heard of: an Indian from Oklahoma named Jim Thorpe. Here to tell the story is Sally Jenkins, author of the national bestseller, The Real All Americans, and Steve Sheinkin, author of, Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicole and Tori welcome another guest on the 11th episode to talk all things worth reading! During the month of February, the podcast will solely focus on resources that are created by Black authors or about Black characters in honor of Black History Month. The list of resources talked about in this episode are listed below: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré; His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie; The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur and Leila Steinburg; Badass Black Girl: Questions, Quotes, and Affirmations for Teens by M.J. Fievre; Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo; The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo; The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin; The Coin Slot Chronicles by Rashad Jennings; Arcade and the Triple T Token by Rashad Jennings; Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide by Rashad Jennings; My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World by Malcolm Mitchell, illustrated by Michael Robertson; I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart; A Song For You: My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford; wikiHow; Ron Finley; LiquidIV

Steve Sheinkin is a Newbery award-winning children's author who made annual visits to schools to meet and read with students. When the pandemic forced him to cancel his usual travel plans last year, he wanted to find another way to interact with his readers. So, he teamed up with Stacey Rattner, an elementary school librarian […]

Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by Steve SheinkinWho would have thought counterfeiters would want Lincoln’s body? His dead body that is. What would they stand to gain by robbing Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield, IL in 1876? Turns out, a lot. A lot of money, real and fake. Did you know that during the Civil War, half of all money in circulation was fake? Some people were really good at making counterfeit money, and others not so good. So the government, realizing if people couldn’t trust the money in their pockets, there would be no economy, created the Secret Service. Yes, the Secret Service was first created to root out counterfeiters, or coney men, as they were known.Recommended for grades 6 and up.

In this episode, I share some of my opinions on great but random things. I don’t really know what this episode is, but it’s exactly what it sounds like. Check out Steve Sheinkin’s Rabbi Harvey books, today’s Page Proposition.

https://sportshistorynetwork.com/football/nfl/carlisle-indian-school-football (Steve Sheinkin Interview | Carlisle Indian Football School) Steve Sheinkin stops by to share the story of Jim Thorpe, Pop Warner, and how they helped create modern football. He shares a few of the fascinating stories of how this tiny little Native American boarding school in the middle of Pennsylvania competed with the powerhouses of the day. You will also learn about the origin story of Jim Thorpe, Pop Warner, and then the convergence at Carlisle Indian School that put them both on the football map. To learn more about this story, you can purchase Steve's book below. Steve's book - https://amzn.to/2yrDZp4 (Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team) http://stevesheinkin.com/ (Steve Sheinkin Website) The Football History Dude podcast is part of the Sports History Network - the headquarters for your favorite sport's yesteryear. Head to the https://sportshistorynetwork.com/ (Sports History Network website) to find more podcasts about the history of your favorite sport. https://thefootballhistorydude.com/contact/ (Connect With The Show)https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/the-football-history-dude/about (Visit me on the web – my about page) https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/the-football-history-dude/contact (Contact the show) https://twitter.com/FHDude (Follow me on Twitter) https://the-football-history-dude.captivate.fm/listen (Subscribe for free to the podcast) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtMMxAn8ajXas8kdjiGbg4g?view_as=subscriber (Subscribe for free on YouTube) Are you interested in sharing your favorite football moment on the show? This is your chance to share your story with all my listeners. https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/the-football-history-dude/my-football-moment (Click here to share your favorite football moment) Support this podcast

Bomb: The Race to Build - and steal - the World’s most Dangerous Weapon By Steve SheinkinThis all started when it was discovered by a German physicist that a uranium atom could be split. It wasn’t thought possible at the time. That any atom could be split. And when it split, it gave off energy. So what if a bunch of uranium was put in a situation where it was splitting all over the place – that could produce a lot of energy. Energy could equal a bomb. Soon it was a race. The Germans and the rest of the world were engaged in a massive world war. One that if either side got a serious bomb, could change the course of humanity. Recommended for grades 7 and up.

This week Alice and Kim take a deep dive into eight great new books coming out in early September! This episode is sponsored by our giveaway of the best mysteries and thrillers of the year so far,Born to Fly by Steve Sheinkin, and Yale Needs Women from Sourcebooks. Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Kim Ukura. Follow Up The trailer for Just Mercy was released! Nonfiction in the News NBC News: Ex-aide to James Mattis claims Pentagon is holding up his memoir VOX: It’s time to talk about James Mattis’s involvement with the Theranos scandal New Book Bonanza Yale Needs Women: How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant by Anne Gardiner Perkins She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Donald Trump's War on the FBI by Josh Campbell Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS by Azadeh Moaveni The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy The Nature of Life and Death: Every Body Leaves a Trace by Patricia Wiltshire How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe Reading Now Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America by James Poniewozik The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim Defede

In this special edition of our podcast This Is the Author, we’re celebrating Library Card Sign-up Month by asking celebrated children’s authors to share some of their favorite library memories. Listen to John Cena, Ann Bausum, Steve Sheinkin, and Adam Gidwitz share why libraries are so special to them, and why getting a library card is the first step to a lifetime of adventure!

S4 E38: In this episode meet Jon Meacham, co-author of SONGS OF AMERICA; Matthew Stanley, author of EINSTEIN’S WAR; and Steve Sheinkin, author of AMELIA EARHART AND THE FLYING CHARIOT. History is the driving force behind each of these authors’ audiobooks. These authors use storytelling as a way to engage and connect listeners to the past, to topics ranging from American music to Amelia Earhart to World War I. Even non-history buffs will fall in love with history after listening to each author talk about his audiobook. Then find out which author would cast Helen Mirren as his audiobook narrator. Songs of America by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/612367/songs-of-america/ Einstein's War by Matthew Stanley: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/608113/einsteins-war/ Amelia Earhart and the Flying Chariot by Steve Sheinkin: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/563483/amelia-earhart-and-the-flying-chariot/

“Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.” - Quote from Saint Augustine I would categorize today's tale as “stories that every young man should know about history. Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin is an excellent book about counterfeiters, the secret service, and a weird plot to steal a certain American President's body. It's a really immersive story that I know you'll enjoy. My website: https://catholic-mens-podcast.pinecast.co/ Leave me a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/CatholicMensPodcast Email me at: michaelsword7@gmail.com Attributions: 1. Slow Line Stomp by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Union_Hall/Slow_Line_Stomp Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/ 2. High Tension by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ 3. Comfortable Mystery 2 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100537 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 4. Setting Pace by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Duck_Lake/Setting_Pace Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/ 5. Action - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100338 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 6. Stately Shadows by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Duck_Lake/Stately_Shadows Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/ 7. Fig Leaf Rag - distressed by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100702 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 8. Long Note One by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100418 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 9. Our Digital Compass by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Resolute/Our_Digital_Compass Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/ 10. Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100783 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 11. Emmit Sprak by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/CloudCover/Emmit_Sprak Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/ 12. Waltz Opus Posthume by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/The_Mazurka/Waltz_Opus_Posthume Artist: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/

CRASH tells the story of the Great Depression, from the sweeping fallout of the market collapse to the more personal stories of those caught up in the aftermath. Here author Marc Favreau sits with Victoria Stapleton to talk writing non-fiction for young readers. "Much like Steve Sheinkin did in 'Bomb,' Favreau writes in a clear and relatable way...this story is far from a slow-moving history book. For readers who think of themselves as history buffs as well as those who just love a thought-provoking story, Crash will deliver on all levels." — VOYA (starred review) "Favreau gives readers incisive, penetrating, at times heartbreaking prose. A dynamic read deserving of a wide audience." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "An enlightening and very readable book on a complex historical period." —Booklist (starred review) _______ Download: Google: http://bit.ly/2HvxYs3 Itunes: https://apple.co/2HltDIY Audible: http://bit.ly/2HrpYIp Libro: http://bit.ly/2HrpYIp

On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Roaring Brook Press/Square Fish, 2014/17) is a fascinating story of the prejudice and injustice that faced black men and women in America’s armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum, including history and social studies. Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories for young readers. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights was a National Book Award finalist and received the 2014 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, won both the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon was a Newbery Honor Book, a National Book Award Finalist, and winner of the Sibert Award and YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War was a National Book Award finalist, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award winner. His most recent work is Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. Sheinkin lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. James P. Stancil II is an educator, multimedia journalist, and writer. He is also the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area NGO dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. He can be reached most easily through his LinkedIn page or at james.stancil@intellectuwell.org.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Roaring Brook Press/Square Fish, 2014/17) is a fascinating story of the prejudice and injustice that faced black men and women in America’s armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum, including history and social studies. Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories for young readers. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights was a National Book Award finalist and received the 2014 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, won both the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon was a Newbery Honor Book, a National Book Award Finalist, and winner of the Sibert Award and YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War was a National Book Award finalist, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award winner. His most recent work is Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. Sheinkin lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. James P. Stancil II is an educator, multimedia journalist, and writer. He is also the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area NGO dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. He can be reached most easily through his LinkedIn page or at james.stancil@intellectuwell.org.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Roaring Brook Press/Square Fish, 2014/17) is a fascinating story of the prejudice and injustice that faced black men and women in America's armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum, including history and social studies. Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories for young readers. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights was a National Book Award finalist and received the 2014 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, won both the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World's Most Dangerous Weapon was a Newbery Honor Book, a National Book Award Finalist, and winner of the Sibert Award and YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War was a National Book Award finalist, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award winner. His most recent work is Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. Sheinkin lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. James P. Stancil II is an educator, multimedia journalist, and writer. He is also the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area NGO dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. He can be reached most easily through his LinkedIn page or at james.stancil@intellectuwell.org.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Roaring Brook Press/Square Fish, 2014/17) is a fascinating story of the prejudice and injustice that faced black men and women in America’s armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum, including history and social studies. Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories for young readers. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights was a National Book Award finalist and received the 2014 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, won both the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon was a Newbery Honor Book, a National Book Award Finalist, and winner of the Sibert Award and YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War was a National Book Award finalist, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award winner. His most recent work is Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. Sheinkin lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. James P. Stancil II is an educator, multimedia journalist, and writer. He is also the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area NGO dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. He can be reached most easily through his LinkedIn page or at james.stancil@intellectuwell.org.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Roaring Brook Press/Square Fish, 2014/17) is a fascinating story of the prejudice and injustice that faced black men and women in America’s armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum, including history and social studies. Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories for young readers. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights was a National Book Award finalist and received the 2014 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery, won both the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the YALSA award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon was a Newbery Honor Book, a National Book Award Finalist, and winner of the Sibert Award and YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War was a National Book Award finalist, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award winner, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Award winner. His most recent work is Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. Sheinkin lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. James P. Stancil II is an educator, multimedia journalist, and writer. He is also the President and CEO of Intellect U Well, Inc. a Houston-area NGO dedicated to increasing the joy of reading and media literacy in young people. He can be reached most easily through his LinkedIn page or at james.stancil@intellectuwell.org.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Intro Hi and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a mom of two girls, a 5th grade teacher, and lately I am ALL about the 80s. Have you seen the new Netflix series GLOW? It  stands for “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling” - it’s full on 1980s amazing. Now, I never really got into wrestling myself but I love this show. It’s fun and self-deprecating and takes you back.   Before we jump into the show I just want to mention that the day this episode is released - Monday, July 10th - I am in Michigan at Nerdcamp for the next two days! So, if you are there too - please come say hi! And if not, I’ll be posting lots of updates on my Twitter feed (@corrinaaallen) so you can see what NerdCamp is all about. This is Episode #28 and Today I share with you my experience doing a diversity audit of my classroom library and then I welcome authors Wendy Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg to the show to chat about their new middle grade novel THIS IS JUST A TEST, which is set - in the 80s! Main Topic - Diversity Audit First up is how things went when I did a diversity check of my classroom library. If you listened to the last episode (#27 with librarian Sarah Threlkeld) you heard us chatting about this activity she did with her students to reflect on the diversity found in their school library. And I think even way back to Episode 18, I mentioned reading this fantastic blog post over at Lee & Low Books that shared how one teacher helped her class analyze the books in their room to find out how different genders and races are represented. I’ll include a link to that article and the main framework of what I did is pulled directly from there. So I want to be clear - this is not my idea, but I’m sharing how it went for me with the idea that you might want to try it, too.  First I’ll run through the process and then discuss my major takeaways, and how I’ll do it differently next year.   The Process: First, I showed my 5th graders two infographics. Both have been shared widely on social media and you’ve probably seen them, but I’ll post them on the website so you can find them easily. The first one was a black and white image called “The Diversity Gap in Children’s Books” and it shows a bar graph of the percent of kid’s books in the past 21 years that contain multicultural content. And shows that sadly steady around 10% from 1994 to 2014. 2014 was a slight tick up to 14% but well below where it should be. This picture, which is put together by Lee & Low Books also includes pie charts that show the percent of the US population that are people of color and a projection that the U.S. population will be 57% minority in 2060, which really brings into focus the disparity.   The second infographic I showed them is from ReadingSpark and called “Diversity in Children’s Books 2015” and is in color with illustrations showing the percents of various groups featured as characters in kid’s books - 73.3% White and 12.5%  Animals/Trucks, 7.6% African/African American, 3.3% Asian Pacific/Asian Pacific Americans, 2.4% Latina/o, and then 0.9% American Indian.   So, we gathered on the rug and huddled around the Promethean board where I had the images displayed. And I simply asked my students to look carefully at them both and to chat with a partner about what they noticed. I explained terms where necessary, but otherwise I just let them have a look and asked them to make some observations.   And from there, I pivoted the conversation to enlist their help in analyzing our own classroom library so that their information could help me when I ordered new books.  And - I was truly moved by their eagerness. These ten and eleven year olds were ready to roll up their sleeves and dig in to see how our books stacked up.  And we started by thinking about this, “What questions do you have about the diversity in our classroom library?”   And they said things like: How many books do we have by and about Native Americans? How many books have an African American main character? What genre has the most diversity? Are there more books about people of color than BY people of color? Do we have more books featuring boys or girls? I’ll be honest with you - their questions went beyond the scope of what I had planned. They went pretty deep and the data we pulled really only started to answer the questions they had.     So once they had some questions in mind, I had them pair up and grab one bin of books from our classroom library to start sorting through. Our bins are sorted by genre. I used a Google Sheet to record the genre of that bin and some other information.  First, they separated out all the books with people on the cover and analyzed just those. Then they counted how many covers included a person of color and jotted that number down. And then they counted how many covers featured at least one girl. And from there, generated percentages using a calculator - which they enjoyed, but then I quickly learned that we needed a refresher on how to figure out percents.   As each pair worked, they added their data to a shared Google Doc so we could see the information come to life in real time.  It was exciting and the kids were so engaged! I think that when they feel like they are doing real work, important work, and are helping you out in a genuine way, they are all in. And some recognized the injustice in the situation and were eager to start to set things (not right) but on a better path.     Our takeaways: So - what did we discover? First up, I’ll give you some examples of the data (flawed as it is). Starting with gender.  One thing that stood out was that 81% of the biographies were about men. Not good. That’s changing immediately.  Also, realistic fiction seemed to have a better balance of girls and boys with most of those bins featuring kids of different genders. And Fantasy, which I thought was going to be worse, actually only between 9% and 50% only with boys on the cover. That was better than I was anticipating because sometimes that genre is known for a lack of gals. (And a quick side note about that. Now that I’m moving away from thinking about gender as a simple binary of boy or girl, I’m also wondering about better methods for categorizing and doing this type of analysis. So - if you have thoughts on that, please do let me know. There is a whole group of folks out there that want to be doing better and if you have an idea about how to make that happen, I’m absolutely listening.) Okay - on to the data pulled about race and ethnicity.  The percentage of books with no people of color at all on the cover was pretty high. The best category seemed to be realistic fiction which had percentages like 21%, 43%, 63% and one bin at 93%. Some of the least diverse categories were Fantasy with 79% , 80% and 100% of the books in those bins featuring only white people, and graphic novels with 85%. So, now it’s pretty clear where are some particularly troublesome areas and when I go to purchase books, those genres will be my focus. So, what did the kids say? Well, I think I’ll give you a sampling of some of their comments: In the words of one of my girls, “We have a lot of books about white boys in this room!” Yes, we do! And most of them are fantastic, but adding other voices is only going to help so that every kid can see themselves and see the wide range of experiences in our country and in our world. “A lot of books have shadow people on the cover.” They were referring to silhouettes, and this observation lead to some great discussion about what the publishers might intend with that. They were questioning how to categorize those types of covers and if we needed another category.   Another big topic that came up was that some forms of diversity weren’t being accounted for in this exercise. And that all stemmed from the debate about what gender pile to put the book George in. Do we go by the clues on the cover which might suggest a boy? Or do we account for what we know of the story (which is about a transgender girl) and my students said, “We need another category, Mrs. Allen.”  Many students mentioned that religion or disability wasn’t included in what we were looking for. Also, because we only used the visual of the cover, that is really limiting.  A cover that includes a girl or a person of color does not mean that character plays a big part or that they are portrayed in a great way. Were they just the sidekick?   Ideas for Next Time Do this earlier in the year. (We jumped in during the second to last week of school. I want this to be on kids’ minds much earlier.) Connect with another class doing the same thing and share results. I think that could be powerful. Include more categories (maybe religion, disability, LGBTQ) Do some analysis in other places  (This could be a great teacher/librarian collaboration in the school library. Also examine the public library, a local bookstore, Scholastic flyers, or online stores.) Take this to that next step and have kids research and recommend titles to fill out the gaps in our library. So that they are playing a part in creating a more diverse selection of books that they will love. Mainly, I was just acutely aware of how limited this exercise was. And yet - I am so glad we did it. The data we gleaned is not going into some peer-reviewed journal, but it gave these kids (and me!) a taste of that data analysis. And, the best part,  it lead to even more questions - and now they know that it’s a question they should ask about the books surrounding them!  And our shared spreadsheet is messy - some percents aren’t accurate and some kids categorized a little differently. But, my hope, is that when they find themselves in a library or bookstore and pick up a book, they’ll remember this and maybe carry those questions and discoveries forward with them and start to (seek out - no! That’s too weak) start to demand more books that reflect our cultures and our communities.   And for us, let’s not shy away from this work, as uncomfortable and complicated as it sometimes can be. And as always, I really want to hear your ideas about this topic. You can tag me on Twitter or Instagram - our handle is @books_between or email me at booksbetween@gmail.com and I’d love to hear and share your ideas. Interview - Madelyn Rosenberg & Wendy Shang Today I am so excited to welcome Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Shang to the podcast. They are the authors of the recently released middle grade novel This Is Just a Test.  We chat about their collaboration process, epic Thanksgiving dinners, Trivial Pursuit, and all our favorite fashions from the 80s.  Take a listen.   This is Just a Test Your middle grade novel, This is Just a Test, was just released this past June 27th - congratulations! What is this book about?   I loved David and his story but I think for me, my favorite part of this book was that it was set in the early 80s with big hair and boom boxes and Boy George! What was your research process like in order to make sure that the setting was authentically 1983? Some quick questions about the 80s…. Favorite 80s band? Favorite Atari Game? Favorite 80s TV Show? Favorite 80s Fashion?   Trivial Pursuit plays a big part in this book because David and his two friends Hector and Scott are competing in this big Trivia Tournament and they play the game to practice. What is your favorite Trivial Pursuit category?   Not everything about the 80s was light and fun - one of the major pieces of this book is the looming threat of the Cold War and David’s anxiety after watching The Day After - a pretty scary movie that shows the effects of nuclear war. Did you see that movie and did it have the same impact on you? Your Writing Life How did you two come to know each other?   What was your collaboration process like for writing This Is Just a Test? Did you meet in person or do most of your work online? Your Reading Life What were some of your favorite books as a child?   What have you been reading lately that you’ve liked? Closing   Okay - that wraps up our show this week. If you have a question or an idea about a topic we should cover, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or message me on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between.   Thank you so much for joining me this week. You can find an outline of interviews and a full transcript of all the other parts of our show along with all of our previous episodes at AlltheWonders.com.   And, if you are liking the show, please help others find us too by telling a friend, sharing on social media, or leaving a rating on iTunes or Stitcher.   Thanks again and see you soon!  Bye!   Episode Links: http://blog.leeandlow.com/2016/07/07/part-1-having-students-analyze-our-classroom-library-to-see-how-diverse-it-is/   Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin   http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781596439542   Today Will Be Different - Maria Semple   http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316403436   Short - Holly Sloan http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399186219   Unidentified Suburban Object  - Mike Jung http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780545782265  

There is an unusual piece of carved grey stone in the hills of upstate New York.  It depicts the boot of a notorious American villain who was shot in the leg during the Battle of Saratoga.  Major General Benedict Arnold’s name is nowhere to be found on the inscription.  Instead, it refers only to the "most brilliant soldier of the Continental Army”.  The rest is implied. Steve Sheinkin thinks that we can’t—and don’t—talk about Benedict Arnold’s actual history because it serves Americans an unpalatable contradiction.  Benedict Arnold won crucial battles for American independence, but he was also a turncoat.  Steve was often asked to sterilize history during his career as a textbook writer.   Certain characters of the American Revolution enjoyed near godlike status.  Giving counterevidence to their omniciencense or foresight was practically blasphemy.  But that counterevidence exists, found in letters and personal journals of George Washington, Paul Revere and others.  And these records paint much more conflicted, funny, perverse and sometimes bumbling portraits of the country’s forefathers.  But Steve’s bosses found it an issue of money.  His editors were especially risk-averse for fear of offending a seemingly all-powerful Texas State Board of Education, who, according to Steve, had no patience for course material that questioned manifest destiny, Protestant Christianity, or the free market.  And that, Steve says, is why textbooks are boring. Steve Sheinkin is now the author of many children’s history books that tell the stories left on the cutting room floor of his former employer.   Recent releases are about the history of the atomic bomb, the permanently undefeated Carlisle Indian School football team, and, of course, Benedict Arnold. We adapted this episode of Here Be Monsters from a brilliant piece by Erica Heilman that she made for her own podcast, Rumble Strip.  Rumble Strip is great, listen to it.  It’s part of The Heard.  Jeff Emtman re-edited this piece with help from Bethany Denton and Nick White. Music: Swamp Dog, The Black Spot

There is an unusual piece of carved grey stone in the hills of upstate New York. It depicts the boot of a notorious American villain who was shot in the leg during the Battle of Saratoga. Major General Benedict Arnold's name is nowhere to be found on the inscription. Instead, it refers only to the "most brilliant soldier of the Continental Army”. The rest is implied. Steve Sheinkin thinks that we can't—and don't—talk about Benedict Arnold's actual history because it serves Americans an unpalatable contradiction. Benedict Arnold won crucial battles for American independence, but he was also a turncoat. Steve was often asked to sterilize history during his career as a textbook writer. Certain characters of the American Revolution enjoyed near godlike status. Giving counterevidence to their omniciencense or foresight was practically blasphemy. But that counterevidence exists, found in letters and personal journals of George Washington, Paul Revere and others. And these records paint much more conflicted, funny, perverse and sometimes bumbling portraits of the country's forefathers. But Steve's bosses found it an issue of money. His editors were especially risk-averse for fear of offending a seemingly all-powerful Texas State Board of Education, who, according to Steve, had no patience for course material that questioned manifest destiny, Protestant Christianity, or the free market. And that, Steve says, is why textbooks are boring. Steve Sheinkin is now the author of many children's history books that tell the stories left on the cutting room floor of his former employer. Recent releases are about the history of the atomic bomb, the permanently undefeated Carlisle Indian School football team, and, of course, Benedict Arnold. We adapted this episode of Here Be Monsters from a brilliant piece by Erica Heilman that she made for her own podcast, Rumble Strip. Rumble Strip is great, listen to it. It's part of The Heard. Jeff Emtman re-edited this piece with help from Bethany Denton and Nick White. Music: Swamp Dog, The Black Spot

Author Steve Sheinken joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the small Native American school that produced one of America's greatest football teams. Carlisle Indian School was led by Jim Thorpe, who had one of the greatest performances in the history of college sports in a game that was the largest upset of the era: Carlisle vs. Harvard. The shocking fact: the Native American Carlisle athletes didn't have the status of U.S. citizenship.

Steve Sheinkin is an award-winning author of thrilling history books for young adults. In this episode of SparkleCast, Steve, David and Rebecca talk about “The View from Above," (the first story in our new story series called “FIFTY: The Stars, the States and the Stories”), explore the difference between history and historical fiction, and ask the question, "what is true?" About SparkleCast: SparkleCast explores the use of story in parenting and education. One week we share a free story for you to enjoy, and the next week we discuss the story with an expert and thought leader – with the aim of using the story (and all stories) as a parenting and educational tool. For more stories and tutorials, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! info@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

In today's story: Blanche Noyes was the first woman to get her pilot’s license in Ohio. She placed fourth in the world famous Women’s Air Derby – right behind Amelia Earhart. Now, she flies a private Ford Trimotor airplane for Standard Oil of Ohio – spending most of her days waiting for the rich and powerful to board her aircraft. This day seems no different, until she learns who her passenger will be: none other than the richest man in the world, John D. Rockefeller. What is he doing in Cleveland and why does he want to fly in her aircraft? When the 90 year old insists on taking his first and only flight in the cockpit, Blanche and John D. have a chance to talk – and realize they actually have a lot in common. *This story is the subject of our conversation with Steve Sheinkin, award-winning author of thrilling history books for young adults.* About SparkleCast: SparkleCast explores the use of story in parenting and education. One week we share a free story for you to enjoy, and the next week we discuss the story with an expert and thought leader – with the aim of using the story (and all stories) as a parenting and educational tool. For more stories and tutorials, visit the Sparkle website: www.sparklestories.com Questions? Ideas? Requests? Email us! info@sparklestories.com Enjoy!

Steve Sheinkin talks about boring textbook writing, the politics of American origin stories, and Benedict Arnold's leg.

Steve Sheinkin talks about boring textbook writing, the politics of American origin stories, and Benedict Arnold's leg.

Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I've got just the ticket: Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin‘s, El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel (Basic Books, 2012). Stavans and Scheinkin team up to perform a minor miracle: they not only tell the story of hispanic crypto-Jews (conversos, marranos) in the Old and New Worlds, but they do it in the most entertaining, compelling way possible–with a great, moving, thought-provoking, and often funny (yes, funny) mystery. This is how popular history should be done. El Iluminado is–or should be–a model for all those scholars who want to bring their work to the public. I strongly urge you to take a look at the book and perhaps give it to someone you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I’ve got just the ticket: Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin‘s, El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel (Basic Books, 2012). Stavans and Scheinkin team up to perform a minor miracle: they not only tell the story of hispanic crypto-Jews (conversos, marranos) in the Old and New Worlds, but they do it in the most entertaining, compelling way possible–with a great, moving, thought-provoking, and often funny (yes, funny) mystery. This is how popular history should be done. El Iluminado is–or should be–a model for all those scholars who want to bring their work to the public. I strongly urge you to take a look at the book and perhaps give it to someone you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I’ve got just the ticket: Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin‘s, El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel (Basic Books, 2012). Stavans and Scheinkin team up to perform a minor miracle: they not only tell the story of hispanic crypto-Jews (conversos, marranos) in the Old and New Worlds, but they do it in the most entertaining, compelling way possible–with a great, moving, thought-provoking, and often funny (yes, funny) mystery. This is how popular history should be done. El Iluminado is–or should be–a model for all those scholars who want to bring their work to the public. I strongly urge you to take a look at the book and perhaps give it to someone you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I’ve got just the ticket: Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin‘s, El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel (Basic Books, 2012). Stavans and Scheinkin team up to perform a minor miracle: they not only tell the story of hispanic crypto-Jews (conversos, marranos) in the Old and New Worlds, but they do it in the most entertaining, compelling way possible–with a great, moving, thought-provoking, and often funny (yes, funny) mystery. This is how popular history should be done. El Iluminado is–or should be–a model for all those scholars who want to bring their work to the public. I strongly urge you to take a look at the book and perhaps give it to someone you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I’ve got just the ticket: Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin‘s, El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel (Basic Books, 2012). Stavans and Scheinkin team up to perform a minor miracle: they not only tell the story of hispanic crypto-Jews (conversos, marranos) in the Old and New Worlds, but they do it in the most entertaining, compelling way possible–with a great, moving, thought-provoking, and often funny (yes, funny) mystery. This is how popular history should be done. El Iluminado is–or should be–a model for all those scholars who want to bring their work to the public. I strongly urge you to take a look at the book and perhaps give it to someone you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I’ve got just the ticket: Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin‘s, El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel (Basic Books, 2012). Stavans and Scheinkin team up to perform a minor miracle: they not only tell the story of hispanic crypto-Jews (conversos, marranos) in the Old and New Worlds, but they do it in the most entertaining, compelling way possible–with a great, moving, thought-provoking, and often funny (yes, funny) mystery. This is how popular history should be done. El Iluminado is–or should be–a model for all those scholars who want to bring their work to the public. I strongly urge you to take a look at the book and perhaps give it to someone you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I’ve got just the ticket: Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin‘s, El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel (Basic Books, 2012). Stavans and Scheinkin team up to perform a minor miracle: they not only tell the story of hispanic crypto-Jews (conversos, marranos) in the Old and New Worlds, but they do it in the most entertaining, compelling way possible–with a great, moving, thought-provoking, and often funny (yes, funny) mystery. This is how popular history should be done. El Iluminado is–or should be–a model for all those scholars who want to bring their work to the public. I strongly urge you to take a look at the book and perhaps give it to someone you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I’ve got just the ticket: Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin‘s, El Iluminado: A Graphic Novel (Basic Books, 2012). Stavans and Scheinkin team up to perform a minor miracle: they not only tell the story of hispanic crypto-Jews (conversos, marranos) in the Old and New Worlds, but they do it in the most entertaining, compelling way possible–with a great, moving, thought-provoking, and often funny (yes, funny) mystery. This is how popular history should be done. El Iluminado is–or should be–a model for all those scholars who want to bring their work to the public. I strongly urge you to take a look at the book and perhaps give it to someone you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest Total Education Show.  The Total Tutor will interview Steve Sheinkin. The topic will be his non fiction children's book Bomb. In addiiton, I will continue to discuss wrap around services for autistic children.