Modern Singapore was founded in the 19th century, thanks to politics, trade and a man known as Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Singapore’s prosperity suffered a major blow during World War II, when it was attacked by the Japanese on 8 December 1941. The invaders arrived from the north, confounding the British military commanders who had expected…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Nancy Traversy and I are in the Publishers Weekly Newsletter!
What an unexpected surprise to land on Publishers Weekly October 6, 2022 Daily Email as the “Photo of the Day!” Barefoot Books hosted a series of events to celebrate its 30th anniversary and this was their Step Inside a Story: 30 Years, 30 Artists event. 30 Artists and their work were featured in a gallery…
Pippa Park Scavenger Hunt Box GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author, Erin Yun! She’s back with book two in the bestselling Pippa Park middle grade series about identity, family, friendships, and peer pressure: Pippa Park Crush at First Sight. Pippa Park picks up right where she left off . . . trying to balance basketball, school, friends, working at the struggling family laundromat,…
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Red and Green and Blue and White
Please join us for Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE and virtual multicultural children’s picture book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. December’s event will be held on December 1st and we are celebrating interfaith holidays, Christmas + Hannukah using Red and Green…
Help Us Share about Multicultural Children’s Book Day FREE DIVERSE KIDLIT
Please share Multicultural Children’s Book Day FREE Diverse Children’s and YA Book Program Our Sign Up ends December 31, 2022 Use Our Press Kit with “Cut and Paste” social media posts here. Thank you so much! p.s. Related posts: FREE Teacher Classroom Kit Mental Health Support for Stressful Times Sign…
Children’s Books about Tibet
I didn’t know very much about Tibet so I decided to learn more. Tibet has a tricky situation in terms of governance. China considers Tibet an autonomous region or a Chinese province, but there is also a government in exile headed by the Dalai Lama. Tibet’s geography is a big part of this governance dispute….
Native American Heritage Month Resources
I am presenting for the American Association of School Librarians Chapter Assembly because I do have resources, but I realized they are all over the map. So, to prepare for my presentation and to make the resources easy to find, I am putting them all in one place, right here in this post! Morning! I…