Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
Please welcome my guest author today, Padma Venkatraman. Many people might not know that in addition to being an acclaimed children’s book and young adult author, Padma is also a scientist! I think one of the reasons why Padma’s books resonate with authenticity is that she grew up well-educated but surrounded by poverty. She grew…
Thank you Multicultural Bookstore & Gifts for carrying Changing the Game! Thank you for featuring us in your newsletter! Meet 17 Asian-Pacific American female athletes from yesterday and today! From snowboarder Chloe Kim and hockey player Julie Chu to soccer player Natasha Kai-Marks, these champions inspire us as we learn how they rose to compete…
It surprises me that allergies are not included in children’s books very often given the prevalence of kids with life-threatening allergies. I’m starting a book list and would love to get your suggestions! Thanks so much! 6 Children’s Books with Characters That Have Life-Threatening Allergies Violet and the Crumbs: A Gluten-Free Adventure by Abigail…
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. September’s event will be held on September 2nd and we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15…
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark case that made mixed-race marriages legal. It’s hard to imagine that mixed-race marriages were illegal until quite recently. What is the outcome of making mixed-race marriages legal? Anti-miscegenation laws or miscegenation laws are laws that enforce racial segregation at the level of marriage and intimate relationships by…
I’m thrilled to be doing the cover reveal for I’ll Always Come Back to You by Carmen Tafolla and illustrated by Grace Zong today! It’s a sweet rhyming picture book and the mother in the story is a mail carrier. I think we all appreciate our front-line workers because, in the thick of the pandemic, we…
What amazes me the most is that I grew up in Seal Beach, California, one town over from Westminster, where Sylvia Mendez and Aki Munemitsu both lived. When Aki and her family were forced to leave their farm during WWII and live incarcerated at internment camps, a banker helped her family lease their land so…