You might have noticed that priorities have shifted in this time of COVID-19 and education is no exception. People have shorter attention spans, it seems. They prefer to watch TikTok and scroll through Instagram. When it comes to books, they either read a summary or listen to an audiobook. It is not surprising that children…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
2021 Newbery, Caldecott and More!
The 2021 Youth Media Awards will be announced at 8 a.m. CST today during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition which is virtual via YouTube! 2021 Caldecott Medal and Honor Books The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for…
Resources for Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day is coming up soon on January 27th. We used to host Multicultural Children’s Book Day on the 27th of January every year until we realized that it conflicted with Holocaust Memorial Day. It seemed disrespectful to put our celebration on the same day so we switched our day to the last Friday…
My son’s art on the cover of Newton Community Ed catalog!
My son’s artwork is on the cover of the Newton Community Education Kids Catalog. The backstory is that my son started 9th-grade last year. His high school closed during the COVID-19 pandemic about mid-March. More than a month later, his school went online but just for a few hours a day (and not every day)….
Win Book Bundles at Multicultural Children’s Book Day Twitter Party!
Win 1 of 12 Book Bundles! We are giving away Book Bundles every 5 minutes! Twitter Party Friday, January 29, 2021 9 pm to 10 pm EST Hashtag: #ReadYourWorld Register for the Twitter Party Below! Loading… We will be discussing the state of children’s book publishing and giving away diverse book bundles every six minutes!…
Visiting Northwestern University (and happy news!)
My middle daughter fell in love with Northwestern University on September 2, 2017, when we did an impromptu visit as we were already in the area to visit SAIC (School of Art Institute of Chicago) for my oldest. I recorded it here: There was just something visercal about her reaction to the school. It was…
6 Practical Gift Ideas For New Parents
Choosing the right baby gift can be hard and the best baby gifts can offer some sort of help to the parents. No matter what you choose, there are tons of gift options out there. Whether it is a gift that will brighten up the nursery or help carry around all the stuff that a…