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Chaya is our protagonist and Robin Hood-esque figure, stealing from the rich and distributing it to folks in her village who need to pay for medical care, food, or other emergency costs. When she can’t resist breaking into the palace for some jewels, it sets off a chain of events that starts with breaking her friend out of prison and stealing an elephant to flee into the Sri Lankan jungle to (relative) safety. Surprise! The reason I posted all those dinosaur books yesterday was to get your all pumped up for this upcoming Fall release about dyslexic paleontologist Jack Horner. You may know I love dinosaurs. Today, I’m thrilled to be able to share 6 books that are all about dinosaurs and fossils. Why am I sharing this mix of books that’s seemingly unrelated to social justice? Besides the fact that I’m fascinated, there might be something in store tomorrow…see our stories for more! For #SweetsAndSocialJustice this week, I still wanted to make a sweet treat even though the book is about a garden. So I thought about how composting and using up all our of food scraps is important, and decided to take a bunch of leftovers and make bread pudding! I used an oldish loaf of cinnamon raisin bread, some leftover salty dark chocolate ganache that I usually use to stuff oatmeal cookies with, and some half and half that I stuck in my freezer before it spoiled. I personally don’t like my bread pudding mushy, so I don’t soak it long before baking. I would be interested to know what you folks do! Also, check out other posts with the earth icon for more books related to Earth Day. For ongoing Earth Day coverage, I wanted a post on specific individuals who were passionate about different aspects of our natural world. Behold, an array humans that have made a difference throughout history (and one who definitely will be in the future). Check out posts with the earth icon for more! Maxine and Leo are best friends (along with Milton the goldfish) and also complete opposites. Leo is gentle and creative, and Maxine is practical and mathematically minded. @littlefeministbookclub has kindly sent me this book (it’s one of their awesome subscription boxes), and it was published by @albertwhitman Waka is a Japanese-American sixth grader in rural Kansas in the 1980’s. At home, her family speaks Japanese almost exclusively, but Waka is behind in reading and writing in kanji. After a few incidents where Waka’s mother asks her in Japanese to help her with chores and she doesn’t answer (because who wants to fold and put away laundry when there are better things to do?) Waka is informed that she doesn’t know enough Japanese and is sent to live with her grandmother Obaasama in Tokyo for five months. For #SweetsAndSocialJustice this week, I want to kickoff what I’ve been calling in my brain an Earth Day social justice bonanza. Make sure you look for the earth icon I’ve put on the photo to be able to see the entire series of posts, culminating on a giant Earth Day roundup post!