Here are my resources for April:
- Earth Day Book Lists and Resources
- Me and Earth Day
- Spring Book List
- Autism Acceptance Book Lists and Resources
- Poetry Book Lists and Resources
- Adopt a Shelter Pet Book Lists
- Financial Literacy Month
- Passover Books
- Easter Books
- National Arab American Heritage Month
- Jazz Appreciation Month
- Mathematics Awareness Month
- National Humor Month
Earth Day Book Lists and Resources
17 Picture Books for Earth Day
Top 10 Earth Day Picture Books
Happy Earth Day! Non-Fiction Books for Kids
Celebrating Earth Day with Picture Books
6 Picture Books on Light Pollution and the Night Sky
Top 5 Picture Books on Ocean Pollution
6 Picture Books about Rainforests and How We Can Protect Them
Children’s Books about Sustainable Farms
How to Encourage Children to Be More Sustainable?
How One Person/Child Can Make A Difference & GIVEAWAY!
Jane Goodall: Women’s History Month
10 Picture Books About Women Scientists Who Became Activists
Earth Day: No Trash Town in Japan
Me and Earth Day
FOOD FOR THE FUTURE Makes Green Earth Book Award Long List!
Earth Day Clean Up at Nahant Beach
Food for the Future: Sustainable Values in Children’s Books at ALAAC23
Spring Book List
Top 10: Best Picture Books for Spring
Autism Acceptance Book Lists and Resources
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Emily D and the Fearful First Day for Autism Awareness Month!
15 #OwnVoices Books about Autism
Diversity, Inclusion & #Activate4Autism Movement
Gift Ideas for Children with Autism
(Read Your World resource) Neurodiverse and Autistic Voices Are Your Best Autism Resources
Geek Club Books Resources
Please click on each title below to download a PDF file for each one:
Autism Reflections by Lydia Wayman
What Your Autistic Student Wants You to Know
National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM) Resources:
Arab American Culture in Children’s Books
Ramadan Children’s Books from Muslims in KidLit
16 Wonderful Ramadan Books for Kids of All Ages
18 Wonderful Picture Books about the Arab World
This is my collection of the best picture books I’ve read so far about the Arab world.
27 Books for Kids About the Arab World
Top 10: Middle Eastern American Children’s Books
Middle East Outreach Council Award
How To: Teach Your Children About Islam (and tolerance in the process!)
In the wake of the conflicts in the Middle East, I thought it especially important for kids to learn about Islam and the people of the Middle East which might also teach them tolerance in the process. There is so much negative stereotyping during a war that can color a child’s perspective.
Deborah Ellis’s Parvana series shows a realistic view of what life is like in Afghanistan for girls today. It’s heartbreaking but also so important.
The Pharoah’s Secret at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts
Chapter book The Pharoah’s Secret by Marissa Moss discovered in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Did I find Senenmut, Hatshepsut’s love there?!
Read Your World Arab America Author Instagram Livestream Interviews
- Marzieh Abbas
- Omar Abed
- Hatem Aly
- Saadia Faruqi
- Ashley Franklin
- Aya Ghanameh
- Aya Khalil
- Fawzia Mai Tung
- Susan Muaddi Darraj
- Razeena Omar Gutta
- Rashin Kheiriyeh
- Taraneh Matloob
- Shifa Saltagi Safadi
- Miral Sattar
- Shirin Shamsi
- Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Read Your World Author Instagram Livestream Interviews with Neurodiverse Themes
Poetry Book Lists and Resources
10 Poetry Picture Books for POEM IN MY POCKET
11 Poetry Anthology Books for Kids
8 New Great Poetry Books for Kids!
Top 5: Latinx Poetry Picture Book List
12 Poets And Their Poetry For Kids
Poetry for Kids: Haiku using Japanese Art
Fun & Easy Ways to Expose Kids to Poetry
Poetry in Sports Books for Kids
3rd Grade Poetry and Dreams Coming True
Top 10: Best Poetry Books for Kids
Novels in Verse for Kids: Poetry in Motion
Adopt a Shelter Pet Book Lists
29 Children’s Books About Animal Shelters and Rescue Pets
5 Picture Books about Pet Adoption
Financial Literacy Month
Teaching Kids About Stocks and Investing
Who Owns the Money? Economics for 4th Graders
ROTH IRA: How Every Teenager Can Become a Millionaire
Passover Books
9 Passover and Easter Picture Books
Author Instagram Live Interviews
- Ruth Behar
- Emily Bowen Cohen
- Karin Fisher-Golton
- Josh Funk
- Richard Ho
- Vivian Kirkfield
- PJ Library and Purim Children’s Books
- Martha Seif Simpson
- Natasha Tripplett
Easter Books
13 Passover and Easter Picture Books
Easter Eggs Pysanky Style: Video, and Picture Books
Jazz Appreciation Month
7 Picture Books About Blues Music & All That Jazz
A 10 Picture Book Unit to Connect Kids to Jazz
Mathematics Awareness Month
Picture Books with Math Concepts
A Unit on Place Value: 6 Picture Books, a Game, and Music Video
14 Funny Science-y Math-y Chapter Books for ages 7 and up
Best Summer Math Supplementation Workbooks and More
Best Math Workbooks for Home or Summer Supplementation
29 Picture Books That Teach Math Concepts
National Humor Month
29 Middle Grade Funny Books for Boys
10+ Funny Books for 3rd Grade Boy: Reluctant Reader Challenge
6 Funny Chapter Books Featuring BIPOC Main Characters
8 Funny Picture Books with Puns
12 Funny Picture Books to LOL with Your Child
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My books:
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Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación
- ⭐ Starred review from Kirkus
- ⭐ Starred review from Publishers Weekly
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal
- Kirkus: The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of Spring 2026
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- California Eureka Non-Fiction Gold Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
The Traveling Taco:
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Silver Award
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Reading Rockets’ Summer Reading Guide 2025
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We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
- ALSC Notable Children’s Book
- 2025 Carter G. Woodson Book Award Middle Level Honoree
- Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
- 2024 Julia Ward Howe Prize for Children’s Literature Winner
- California Eureka Non-Fiction Award Honor Book
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Winner (from National Council for the Social Studies and Children’s Book Council)
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year 2025
- Recommended Reading for the Social Justice Literature Award 2025 (International Literacy Association)
- Pennsylvania Mountain Laurel Book Award Nominee 2026-27
- Junior Library Guild Gold Selection
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Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World
- ⭐ Starred review from School Library Journal!
- Junior Library Guild Gold selection
- Massachusetts Book Award Long List
- dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books of 2023
- Chicago Library’s Best of the Best
- 2023 INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
- Green Earth Book Award Long List
- Nautilus Silver Winner, Nonfiction Children’s Picture Book
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award Orange Blossom List for Nonfiction
- Imagination Soup’s 35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
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Bank Street College’s The Best Children’s Books of the Year
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Great post!