Please join Amy Tai and me for our fourth 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. August’s event will be held on August 5th and we are celebrating the Hindu holiday, Raksha Bandhan,…
Category: Best Books for Kids
Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
7 South Asian-American Picture Books of Joy
I met Darshana Khiani years ago as a fellow children’s book blogger. Her blog, Flowering Minds, has wonderful author interviews and children’s book reviews, but it is my go-to for South Asian KidLit books. Darshana might have been the first KidLit blogger who decided to venture into writing children’s books and personally inspired me to…
The Chinese Exclusion Act – What They Don’t Teach in History Books
I’m kicking off a series that I call “What They Don’t Teach in History Books.” These are topics that are generally erased from history. I don’t remember ever learning about them at school. I will center each topic using children’s books. I plan to add videos and other links to make each topic a more…
Unforgotten Blog Tour & GIVEAWAY!
Welcome to the Unforgotten Blog Tour! To celebrate the release of Unforgotten: The Wild Life of Dian Fossey and Her Relentless Quest to Save Mountain Gorillas by Anita Silvey on June 29th, blogs across the web are featuring original content from Anita, as well as 5 chances to win the complete trilogy: Unforgotten, Untamed, and Undaunted. Why…
35 Vietnamese American Children’s Books
I received Wishes by Muon Thi Van and searched my blog to add it to my Vietnamese American book list only to find … that I don’t have one! I’m not sure why I never made one. Perhaps there weren’t enough books to make a list? Or, more likely, I just forgot. That was remiss…
Tokyo Olympics Martial Arts Multicultural Children’s Book Club
Please join Amy Tai and me for our third 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 1st and we are celebrating martial arts at the Tokyo…
13 Picture Books about What Makes A House A Home
One year for my birthday, I had my husband take me to Cape Ann to see the exhibit for The Little House. The author and illustrator, Virginia Lee Burton, lived in Newton, MA where I live now. My kids grew up reading Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel and Katy and the Big Snow. In…







