Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
Genocide is a difficult topic so I wanted to see how it was covered in children’s books. Image from Armenian Museum of America Sadly, I did not realize how many genocides have taken place in the 20th century so this is by no means an exhaustive list of genocides; it is simply a…
Please join me for our tenth Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. July’s event will be held on July 7th and we are celebrating both National Clean Beaches Week (July…
Every year, we create a free and downloadable Classroom Kit for Multicultural Children’s Book Day on a specific theme: Racism Kindness Empathy (immigration and refugee experience) Homeschool Poverty Activism Disability The kits include activities, a discussion guide, a poster, and a book list. I create the book lists myself and keep a copy on my…
I met Angus Yuen-Killick at USBBY and learned that he launched a publishing company in the middle of the Covid pandemic lockdown! That’s an amazing feat! One of his books, The Happiest Lion Cub, especially hit home. This is a book-in-translation from a publishing company in Ukraine. Angus tells us more about what they…
Please welcome author Valerie Bolling with her list of Parent-Child Special Moments, a reminder that we can also celebrate single mothers on Father’s Day for the multi-parenting roles they play. We are giving away a copy of Together We Ride. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. How about you? What are…