Antonia Rodger’s Curator Bookshelf

I’m Currently Reading

It Came from the Trees by Ally Russell

Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut by Charles F Bolden

Wildflower Emily: A Story about Young Emily Dickinson by Lydia Corry

Bea Breaks Barriers!: How Florence Beatrice Price's Music Triumphed Over Prejudice by Caitlin Delems

Kamala Raised Her Hand by Raakhee Mirchandani

Favorite Series

Great Minds of Science (Black Lives #1) by Tonya Bolden

The Art of Friendship (Evelyn & Avery #1) by Elle Pierre

Blast Off! (Abby in Orbit #1) by Andrea J Loney

Frankie and Friends: Breaking News by Christine Platt

Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (Race to the Truth) by Linda Coombs

Cookies & Milk by Shawn Amos

Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1) by Kelly Yang

Antonia Rodgers is an experienced educator who has taught K-2 in both Texas and New York. She obtained a Masters in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Houston and previously served on the Build Your Stack committee with the National Council of Teachers of English. She has worked with publishers to write teachers’ guides for several picture books and reviews children’s books online in a blog. She enjoys reading historical fiction that teaches children about overlooked historical moments as well about stories about friendship. Antonia also enjoys visiting bookstores in every new city that she visits and is always buying just one more book to read!