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Janet Wong has a great post on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog on Lunar Year Traditions that span many Asian countries, not just Chinese New Year! But if you are thinking of doing it up for Chinese New Year but need some ideas, I’ve rounded up my posts. If you need a picture…
Please welcome my guest blogger today, Glenda Armand, the author of Ira’s Shakespeare Dream. If you agree about #OscarsSoWhite now in 2016, imagine how difficult it would be for people of color to succeed in the theater more than 100 years ago! #OscarsSoWhite analysis by Time Magazine: See the Entire History of the Oscars Diversity Problem…
Did you know that Tibetan Losar, the Mongolian Tsagaan Sar, and the Vietnamese Tết occur at the same time as the Chinese and Korean Lunar New Year holidays? Janet Wong shares a book list and Lunar New Year traditions over at Read Your World Blog here: I grew up celebrating the lunar new year mainly…
How am I defining a Willy Wonka-Like chapter book? You probably don’t need an explanation but here I go anyway: A wacky figure-head behind this adventure A competition between kids (though adults can be involved) OR A mystery that has to be solved through riddles and puzzles Yep. That’s why I came up with this…
When PickyKidPix was in 5th grade, she fell in love with the Katie Woo series but it’s not what you think. She and her friend Griffin liked to hang out in the Early Chapter Book corner of the library during library time. I would imagine that they were screwing around, as they tend to do. Their friend…
The 2016 Youth Media Awards will be announced at 8 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, January 11, 2016, during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition in Boston. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. local time. The Pura Belpré Award marks its 20th anniversary in 2016. My predictions for the Caldecott and Newbery this year are here….
In honor of Martin Luther King, Junior Day, I wanted to share my son’s 4th grade Civil Rights Movement project. His teacher created a really great timeline that I hope will be helpful as well. p.s. Related posts: Civil Rights Movement Book Lists for Kids Civil Rights Movement Art #BlackLivesMatter Civil Rights for Kids…