English is one of the most spoken languages in the world. However, not all of us are proficient in speaking English. For most of us, English is only another language that we learn at school. It is not our mother tongue, unlike the ones living in the West. However, the widespread usage of English in…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
7 Children’s Books With LGBT Characters
These days, authors go far beyond the established standards and add diverse heroes. Read the post and find popular children’s books with LGBT characters. For most kids, children’s books are a helpful source of information about the world we live in. These stories help children learn about other people who might be different from them…
How to Instill a Love of Reading in Your Child
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…
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!…







