Diverse Children’s Books is a brand new book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of diversity including (and certainly not limited to) diverse, inclusive, multicultural, and global books for children of all backgrounds. We encourage everyone who shares to support this blogging…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
#ChooseReading with Speakaboos GIVEAWAY (3 Winners!)
I’m excited to share a reading app with you called Speakaboos, and I’m giving away 3 FREE 1-year subscriptions worth $69.99 each (see below)! Kids will #ChooseReading with the Engaging Speakaboos Reading App Speakaboos is the reading app for kids 2-6 that turns screen time into reading time. With over 200 stories — both well known…
Miracle-Gro Gro-Ables for Keeping Kids Outdoors!
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro Gro-ables for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. My 5th grade son and his two buddies are inordinately fond of video gaming. My son can be on two screens simultaneously; playing a game while watching a YouTuber play a different game. That drives…
Kid Lit Blog Hop!
Hello! Welcome to the May 2016 Kid Lit Blog Hop. This exciting,monthly hop, is where we develop an engaged group of people who love everything that has to do with children’s literature. Everyone is welcome to join us: bloggers, authors, publicist, and publishers! Simply make a post related to Children’s literature and add it to…
9 People Who Changed The World: Nobel Peace Prize Picture Books
It surprises me that only a few of the Nobel Peace Prize recipients are represented in picture books for children. I was able to find these nine people who changed the world and, in doing so, received the Nobel Peace Prize. Some the picture books are biographies, others are their own books reflecting their philosophies but…
My Teen Driver & Global Youth Safety Month
Grasshopper and Sensei turned 16 years old recently and had to be persuaded to learn to drive. She has no interest. Why would she? Her dad and I are her personal car service. She’s terrified being behind the wheel of a vehicle that can do serious damage. And she’s right. A few weeks ago, a car…
How Do Mirrors Work? How Are Mirrors Made?
PickyKidPix broke her full length mirror, not once but twice. I hope that’s not 14 years of bad luck. She hated the replacement mirror that my husband installed and wanted to replace it, yet again, herself. This mirror drama got my son thinking and asking about how mirrors work. I was hoping that he could…