Author of MG/YA Books set in the Caribbean. The Color of My Words (Harper); Flowers in the Sky (Harper); Mythologist/Wombatz; Mother; Teenager forever!
We might be standing in this photo but we SURE AS HELL AREN’T STANDING FOR THIS. I’m embarrassed. I’m heartbroken. I’m DISGUSTED. @ScrapYardFP I will never be associated with your organization again. BLACK LIVES MATTER. The tone deafness on this is UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!
Hoy @ccsd21holmes analizamos los motivos detrás del empleo de todas las técnicas literarias que usó @LynnJoseph1 en su libro magnífico El color de mis palabras. Estoy orgullosa de la cualidad y profundidad de pensamiento de mis alumnos. #21learns#proudteacher
After reading Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph, students take a moment to compare (or balance) two different abstract ideas from an important speech in the novel! Top: words instead of violence. Bottom: generosity instead of selfishness. @LynnJoseph1@kahlams#Building2Bbest
My 5th grade English teacher gave each student a book for the summer. Mine ("The Color of My Words") helped me become a writer.
Paying it forward today, in the hopes that these incredible books will inspire each of my fiction students when they need it.
Day 8: A book that deserves more praise - Color of My Words. I instantly fell in love with this book by @LynnJoseph1. It is always the first book I suggest to people who ask for read aloud recommendations.
@LynnJoseph1 Today was a special day because I talked to my students about you and tomorrow we go into the magical world of his novel El color de mis palabras.
March’s BOTM goes to Flowers in the Sky by @LynnJoseph1 . A beautiful and attention getting story of a young girl from The Dominican Republic who is sent to live in NYC with her brother, where her mom thinks she will be safe... want to borrow a copy? Stop by G10 today!