Francie Latour

Seeing Haiti Through a Young Girl’s Eyes Helps All Children Imagine Home

Guest Post by author Terry Farish With books provided by I’m Your Neighbor Books in English and Kreyòl (Haitian Creole), students from the Amiko Youth Program in Manchester, NH read Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings by Francie Latour. These Haitian-American sisters are drawing portraits, as Auntie Luce does in the story. The Amiko Program is a… Read more »

The Pine Project: Welcoming Library Celebration – A Vibrant Step Toward Belonging

By D.D. Rathnayake Dr. Megan Welter, Associate Commissioner for Public Education at Maine Department of Education, set the tone for an extraordinary celebration of diversity and inclusion at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center on September 13, 2024. “A warm welcome is so much better.” —Dr. Megan Welter,  Maine Department of Education Hosted in partnership with… Read more »