Welcome to #DiverseKidLit ! Please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book links and resources, as well as visiting other links to find great suggestions and recommendations. What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
How to Protect Your Kid’s Eyes – 5 Trusty Tips
So, you’re raising a reader! And the good news is that your child loves to read. The not-so-good news? With the rise of the digital age, a large portion of our reading is now done on digital eBook devices. Laptops, iPads, smartphones, and other tablets all conspire to give us digital eye strain or computer…
9 Funny Asian Fractured Fairy Tales
Funny fractured fairy tales are my jam, especially if you add in an Asian twist. What books have I left out? Thanks for your suggestions! 9 Funny Asian Fractured Fairy Tales Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Swartz, illustrated by Dan Santat The three little pigs started a ninja school and now the wolf…
My Girls Learn Glass Blowing
My daughters fell in love with glass blowing after going to the Chihuly exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts a few years ago. They wanted to learn how to blow glass and there is a glass blowing school (Diablo Glass) near the museum, but, of course, it was booked solid for a year after the…
Honey Lemon Ginger Tea to Beat Cold and Flu Season
I’ve teamed up with Star Market to share how my family deals with cold and flu season. Have cold and flu season hit your family yet? We’ve already had our first round of colds, coinciding with our first week back to school. It’s not the best time to miss school! I find that tinctures —…
NaPiBoWriWee: My 7 Picture Books
NaPiBoWriWee week was last month, and I attempted to write seven picture books in seven days. That didn’t go so well, but I did manage to write three picture books, edit two picture book manuscripts that I had written a few weeks earlier, and come up with four new picture book ideas. I think that’s the point…
Native American Folklore & Creation Stories by Native Americans
You might have missed the drama caused when Nancy Bo Flood was invited to join the “Indigenous Experience in Children’s Literature” panel. Native American children’s book blogger, Debbie Reese objected: “As regular readers of AICL know, I’ve been studying the ways Native peoples are depicted in children’s literature for decades. In that time, I’ve come…