Please welcome my guest author today, Heather Lang. I have had the great pleasure of meeting her IRL (In Real Life) because she is a Boston area-based author. I think I first met her not long after she published her excellent picture book on Japanese-American scientist Eugenie Clark. It was the first time that I…
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
Changing the Game: Natasha “Tasha” Kai
My Kickstarter project is now live! I’ll be sharing videos of some of the incredible athletes included in my middle-grade picture book anthology during the duration of my funding period. Could you please help me out by sharing my Kickstarter project with a few people? Thanks so much! image from San Diego Tribune Today, I…
9 Picture Books Featuring Chinese Words
Please welcome my friend Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett! Her fabulous site, Miss Panda Chinese, has playful and engaging Chinese language programs for early childhood education organizations and elementary schools. She is also the host of Playful Chinese podcast. Her “Let’s Learn Mandarin Chinese with Miss Panda!” album has been introducing Mandarin Chinese to families that are new…
Changing the Game: My Kickstarter Starts on Monday!!
My Kickstarter project launches on Monday, February 15! I’ll be sharing videos of some of the incredible athletes included in my middle-grade picture book anthology during the duration of my funding period. Today, I wanted to share more about Eun Jung “EJ” Lee Ok who is considered to be one of the greatest point guards…
9 New Picture Books to Teach Consent & Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Carrie Finison. You might remember her from her debut picture book, Dozens of Doughnuts. Today we are celebrating her newest picture book, Don’t Hug Doug. We are also giving away a signed copy of Don’t Hug Doug. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. ——— With…
7 Children’s Books With LGBT Characters
These days, authors go far beyond the established standards and add diverse heroes. Read the post and find popular children’s books with LGBT characters. For most kids, children’s books are a helpful source of information about the world we live in. These stories help children learn about other people who might be different from them…
7 New STEM Picture Books
“Conformity to social expectations, gender stereotypes, gender roles and lack of role models continue to channel girls’ career choices away from STEM fields,” said psychology professor Martin Bauer of the London School of Economics, who helped coordinate the survey of 11,500 girls across 12 European countries. from CNN I’m a big fan of picture books…