@HeritageFoundation wants schools to charge undocumented children tuition so "Supreme Court [will] reconsider...Plyler v. Doe." See my #picturebooksforkids#freetolearn#kidlit#kidlitauthor#kidlitillustrator#equalrights#14thAmendmentwww.heritage.org/education/re...
The Issue Under President Joe Biden in fiscal year (FY) 2023, the United States had the highest number of illegal-alien encounters in its history, with more than 3 million individuals entering the cou...
Peter Schey's passing is a loss to the immigrant community, whose rights he defended. #equalrights#14thAmendment#freetolearn#kidlit#kidlitauthor@msmirelle.bsky.social#kidlitillustratorwww.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/u...
He won the right to services like school and health care for people illegally crossing the border into the U.S. He also fought the Trump administration’s family separation policy.
One of the joys of pub'ing a new book is sending a copy to all the people who helped me research and write it. (Yes, I needed a lot of help! #picturebooks#kidlit#FreetoLearn @MirelleOrtega @Atheneum @Simon&Schuster
I'm giving 3 copies of FREE TO LEARN: HOW ALFREDO LOPEZ FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO GO TO SCHOOL, illo'd @msmirelle.bsky.social--1 @ on FB, Insta & Bluesky. To enter, just share my post. (#FREETOLEARN got a starred review in Booklist! ) #picturebook#diversebooks#diversebooksforkids
Why is Mirelle Ortega signing bookplates for #FreetoLearn#ReadingRockStars @TexasBookFestival!