Category: Best Books for Kids

Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.

Meeting author Susan Tan of Cilla Lee-Jenkins series

Meeting author Susan Tan of Cilla Lee-Jenkins series

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It was so fun to meet Susan Tan at her author event at Newtonville Books. Her latest book, Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book Is A Classic is a hilarious middle grade book about a mixed protagonist with a big personality. In this book, she is now a big sister and is excited to be participating in…

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The Story Behind ALL ARE WELCOME and a GIVEAWAY!

The Story Behind ALL ARE WELCOME and a GIVEAWAY!

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Please welcome my guest author today, illustrator Suzanne Kaufman, who talks about her inspiration for All Are Welcome in response to President Trump’s travel ban. She wanted to do something positive, so she offered her skills as an illustrator to create a poster and the book was born of this effort. All Are Welcome by Alexandra…

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Diverse Children's Books

#DiverseKidLit Linky Time!

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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 kinds of…

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My Honest Review of TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE & 2 Book Giveaway

My Honest Review of TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE & 2 Book Giveaway

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My son read Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive but I think he was too old at age 12 to enjoy it. I think this book series sweet spot is reluctant boy readers (like my son) at grades 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. My son is typical of the reluctant elementary school boy reader. He reads about a year above grade…

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Favorite Diversity Picture Books for 4th of July

Favorite Diversity Picture Books for 4th of July

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Apple Pie 4th of July by Janet Wong Because her parents cook Chinese food to sell at their store on the 4th of July, their 2nd grade daughter thinks that her parents “don’t get it.”  No one wants Chinese food on the 4th of July!  This story depicts the struggle that second-generation children feel in…

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Stewie BOOM! Series Promotes Understanding

Stewie BOOM! Series Promotes Understanding & 4 Book GIVEAWAY!

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Thank you to Nothing But the Truth for sponsoring this post. I’m trying something new today. This is my first sponsored post for a publisher. What I am promising is an honest review of their books. What they get by sponsoring is that I will read and review their books in a timely way. Typically,…

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Picture Books About Strong, Independent Female Artists

Picture Books About Strong, Independent Female Artists

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My daughter is going to art school and so today I dedicate this post to her and her future classmates celebrating strong, independent female artists! p.s. She won The Newton Art Association Scholarship and didn’t tell us she entered. Picture Books About Strong, Independent Female Artists Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker…

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10 Upcoming Middle Grade Novels of Self-Discovery & GIVEAWAY!

10 Upcoming Middle Grade Novels of Self-Discovery & GIVEAWAY!

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Please welcome my guest author today, Mae Respicio, with her list to explore the world using 10 Upcoming Middle Grade Novels of Self-Discovery. We are also giving away an ARC (Advance Release Copy) of her new book, The House That Lou Built that I am really loved! It has a wonderful character to fall in love…

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Who Gets To Write & #OwnVoices

#OwnVoices Controversy

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There has been a lot of tweets lately about #OwnVoices and who is writing diversity in children’s books after a controversial TedTalk by Nora Raleigh Baskin. I found this article by The Good Men Project that puts everything into perspective. In this post: I will lay out why racism is the foundation for #OwnVoices controversy…

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