Today I’m thrilled to reveal the cover of a new great Chinese New Year picture book, The Nian Monster, by my guest author is Andrea Wang. I have more Chinese New Year picture books, new and improved Chinese New Year picture book list, and a Lunar New Year picture book list by author Janet Wong…
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19 Wonderful Bilingual Spanish Picture Books
This is my third bilingual Spanish book list. Author Derek Taylor Kent wrote the first one. The second bilingual Spanish picture book list is from illustrator Wendy Martin. Today’s list is my own, the result of a pile of bilingual books that I’ve been saving for six months, and the books I read to create…
10 Great Picture Books to Learn About Africa
Inside: Discover the best picture books about Africa, perfect stories to read with kids! Get a full scope of life in Africa to share with your child. When my kids studied Ghana in 2nd grade, one frustration for their teachers was that the kids had the impression of Ghana as a rural environment. They didn’t really…
Featuring a Character with a Disability
Our theme for today’s Diverse Children’s Books linkup is Diverse Book(s) Featuring a Character with a Disability. (Need ideas? Check out past winners of the Schneider Family Book Awards.) (The theme is only a suggestion. Diverse posts on alternate topics are always welcome.) What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of…
American Revolution Books for Kids & Boston Freedom Trail Guide
This is my second time on the fifth grade end of the year field trip on Boston’s Freedom Trail. This year’s trip is slightly different as the Boston Tea Party ship was under repair and only just recently back in port. It booked up before we could get a slot so the children acted out…
Top Ways to Teach Kids to Give Back
In this increasingly self-absorbed world where people can spend more time staring at a screen than they can communicate with each other face to face, it’s getting more and more important to teach children the importance of doing good in the world. As well, with the growing number of natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other…
My Very Short Diversity Picture Book Videos
I’ve been making very, very short picture book videos on my YouTube channel. I only have 47 subscribers, so if you would subscribe, I’d be very grateful! I made over three dozen picture book videos so far of newly published books, but I picked these five diversity books to highlight today. 5 Wonderful Diversity Picture Books…