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Month: June 2016
19 Picture Books That Teach Important Life Lessons
Can picture books teach life lessons? I think so. To find life lessons, I went to some original sources … life lessons from a 90-year-old woman and a 99-year-old man. Their words of wisdom were similar and it’s about living well to live long. I added in a few life lessons that I’ve found along…
30 Days of Ramadan: Understanding Our Friends #30DaysRamadan
Join us for a special month of celebration at Multicultural Children’s Book Day where we will be focusing on the Muslim holiday of Ramadan June 5th-July 5th 2016 as a way to bring awareness and understanding about our Muslim neighbors via the pages of children’s literature. 30 Days of Ramadan: Understanding Our Friends is a celebration of…
Kid Lit Blog Hop
It’s Summer time! We want to welcome you to the June 2016 Kid Lit Blog Hop. This exciting, monthly hop, is where we develop an engaged group of people who love everything that has to do with children’s literature. Everyone is welcome to join us: bloggers, authors, publicist, and publishers! Simply make a post related…
Personal Finance: Summer Learning Fun for Kids
This post is sponsored by T. Rowe Price and Scholastic. The ideas and opinions are my own. I am so happy to be joining Scholastic and T. Rowe Price to help parents teach their kids personal finance. I noticed from my kids that each came forth into the world with an innate sense of money. My oldest,…
Riveting Science Fiction for 3rd-7th Grade Boys AND Girls
Science fiction: fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets. A reader asked me for Science Fiction books for 5th grade. I have a 5th grade son which gives me pause to give him Science Fiction that…
Top 10 Bilingual Spanish Picture Books & GIVEAWAY
Please welcome illustrator Wendy Martin today with her Top 10 favorite Spanish bilingual picture books! I’m especially excited about bilingual Spanish picture books as a way to learn Spanish. This works equally well for kids and teens who are taking Spanish at school! I have another bilingual Spanish picture book list as well if you…