Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
Alexandra of familymobileapps.com left me a comment that said, “I love your specific lists! So, I wonder if Poland-themed books for kids are too big or too little a challenge for you? ” So I thought, “No problem. I’ll research.” But what I found was a striking lack of diversity in Polish-themed books for kids: folktales and Holocaust…
Today, when I searched for a perfect picture book for Picture Book of the Day, a picture book on Civil Rights for kids found me. As Fast as Words Could Fly had been sitting on my pile waiting patiently. A long while. But just yesterday, I had the honor and privilege of bringing Civil Rights…
I volunteered in the 5th grade a few weeks ago for a really great program run by volunteer moms called Understanding Our Differences. I believe we purchase a curriculum from a Newton-based non-profit with the same name which was started by a Newton parent with a special needs child. It’s basically sensitivity training for grades…
I’ve been trying to read more children’s books lately to catch up on my pile so I’ve taken to carting around a small pile of books everywhere I go and reading a little here and a little there until the book draws me in such that I am forced to read to the end. Some…
Learn how to explain the history of enslavement to kids with these children’s books about slavery, from the Underground Railroad to Frederick Douglas. “It [Enslavement] is such a major part of American history, but it gets glossed over. I mean, the foundation of our early economy was based on slavery, and that’s missing,” Berry said….
Sixty-three percent of millennials and Generation Z in the US were unaware that 6 million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust, according to a survey commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The nonprofit organization called the lack of understanding “shocking.” NBC News Inside: Amazing Holocaust books for kids. Even if…
The Children’s Choice Book Awards 2013! The children have spoken (and voted) and this is what they like! Kindergarten to Second Grade Children’s Choice Book Award Winner Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta, illustrated by Ed Young Yay! My son and I loved this book and we think an award for illustrator Ed Young is…