readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this book. Loved this book. Loved this book.
It gets so much right - it has the tough and uncomfortable conversations that are needed to be had from the youngest of readers to the oldest.
Must have. Must read.
It gets so much right - it has the tough and uncomfortable conversations that are needed to be had from the youngest of readers to the oldest.
Must have. Must read.
slimikin's review against another edition
2.0
No one should have to suffer a writing teacher like Katherine. And if there's a third Naomi book (which I will not be reading), here's hoping it includes a less horrifying relationship with sugar. I started fantasizing about green salads four chapters in....
chess__bored's review against another edition
3.0
I read the first book as a kid and this middle grade was very mature, it didn’t feel juvenile to me at all! Plus the diversity and nuance didn’t hurt!
pussreboots's review against another edition
2.0
Naomis Too by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich and Audrey Vernick is the sequel to Two Naomis. The Naomis are now sisters in a blended family. One is Black and one is white. They're going to a new school and having to field all sorts of rude questions and micro-aggressions.
http://pussreboots.com/blog/2019/comments_12/naomis_too.html
http://pussreboots.com/blog/2019/comments_12/naomis_too.html
shayemiller's review
4.0
Naomis Too is on my #MustReadin2019 list. So after reviewing Two Naomis in April, I was very happy when book #2 became available through my Overdrive library in May. YAY!
Now living in “the yellow house,” Naomi Marie and Naomi Edith are attending school together and attempting to navigate their new blended and racially-mixed family. Let me just start by saying: There’s a whole lot to unpack in this one. But there’s lots of helpful and important dialogue about race and perceptions.
“Words and language matter. Would you use the term gypped? Indian giver? People say ‘that’s ghetto’ to mean something negative. Think about ‘off the rez.’ What does that really mean?”
These are the kinds of conversation that adults should be having, so I’m delighted to see it addressed in a middle grade book. I’m also happy to see a white parent take responsibility for having not properly prepared their child to interact with children from different races and to recognize their own privilege.
“That’s one thing I’ve learned about the first step to checking my privilege,” Tom says. “It starts with listening.”
Throughout this story I found soooo many references to other books and I highlighted 53 items on my kindle. So yeah, this is one I’d like to read and discuss with my own children. I hope it makes it into many schools and libraries around the world!
For more children's literature, middle grade literature, and YA literature reviews, feel free to visit my personal blog at The Miller Memo!
Now living in “the yellow house,” Naomi Marie and Naomi Edith are attending school together and attempting to navigate their new blended and racially-mixed family. Let me just start by saying: There’s a whole lot to unpack in this one. But there’s lots of helpful and important dialogue about race and perceptions.
“Words and language matter. Would you use the term gypped? Indian giver? People say ‘that’s ghetto’ to mean something negative. Think about ‘off the rez.’ What does that really mean?”
These are the kinds of conversation that adults should be having, so I’m delighted to see it addressed in a middle grade book. I’m also happy to see a white parent take responsibility for having not properly prepared their child to interact with children from different races and to recognize their own privilege.
“That’s one thing I’ve learned about the first step to checking my privilege,” Tom says. “It starts with listening.”
Throughout this story I found soooo many references to other books and I highlighted 53 items on my kindle. So yeah, this is one I’d like to read and discuss with my own children. I hope it makes it into many schools and libraries around the world!
For more children's literature, middle grade literature, and YA literature reviews, feel free to visit my personal blog at The Miller Memo!
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