UCM’s SOLIS Book Club : Our pick for Fall 2025

Poll results are in and we have a winner! In Fall 2025, UCM’s SOLIS Book Club will read Life Hacks for a Little Alien, by Alice Franklin. Franklin wrote this book in the second person and, in an interview with NPR’s Scott Simon, Franklin said she “wanted readers of the story to feel as much empathy as possible” with the titular “Little Alien.”
https://youtu.be/GP3OdRWoj5g

Black Boy Joy (B.B. Alston)

Each Friday that school is in session, I share the link to a read-aloud preview of a book from SRCSA library. The “First-chapter Friday” selection for April 25, 2025 is Black Boy Joy featuring contributor B.B. Alston.

Lola, by Karla Arenas Valenti

Each Friday that school is in session, I share the link to a read-aloud preview of a book from SRCSA library. The “First-chapter Friday” selection for April 18, 2025 is Lola, by Karla Arenas Valenti.

Representing the Spectrum : Journal article live

If you view my posts regularly, you may recall a presentation that Professor Amanda Harrison and I made in Lexington, Ky., regarding the ways that autistic people are portrayed in children’s choice book award nominees. Professor Harrison also invited me to co-write an article (along with Andrea Dyche, LCSW, LSCSW). The presentation and article involved several months’ work and the article has now been posted to the Journal of Radical Librarianship.

Representing the Spectrum, Autism in the United States Children’s Choice Book Award Nominees, 2014-2024
https://journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/journal/article/view/124

Autistic Pride : Books for Autism Acceptance Month

Being autistic myself, I’ve read a lot of books by and about people on the autism spectrum. For Autism Acceptance Month, I wanted to share some books that were meaningful for me. Slideshow created in Canva. Music is “Wide Space” by AudioCoffee.