Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
Please welcome my guest author today, Antony Perry, Danielle Greendeer, and Alexis Bunten; all the authors of Keepunmuk, a Thanksgiving picture book from the perspective of the Native Americans that we all need in our libraries! They are sharing their Top 5 Books to Read Alongside Keepunumuk for Thanksgiving. Keepunumuk by Danielle Greendeer (Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Citizen, Hawk…
Please join us for 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 4th and we are celebrating Women’s Equality Day (Aug 26 )and National Aviation Day (Aug…
Please welcome Kat Zhang with her picture book list about being the new kid. In the latest Amy Wu book, Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome, Amy tries her hardest to welcome a new boy to her class. But no matter what she does, she can’t make the connection she wants! It isn’t until she…
Please welcome Elisa Boxer with her list of athletes who overcame disease and physical issues to compete at the Olympics. Her picture book biography Splash is about the first American woman to win Olympic gold – she took up swimming to recover from polio. Splash: Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves of Change by Elisa Boxer, illustrated…
What is Genocide? Before 1944, the word genocide did not exist. In 1944, a Jewish lawyer from Poland named Raphael Lemkin wanted a way to describe the Nazi policies of systematic murder. He combined geno from the Greek word meaning “race” or “tribe” with cide, from a Latin word meaning “killing.” Today, the word genocide…
Please join me for our tenth 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 7th and we are celebrating both National Clean Beaches Week (July…
Every year, we create a free and downloadable Classroom Kit for Multicultural Children’s Book Day on a specific theme: Racism Kindness Empathy (immigration and refugee experience) Homeschool Poverty Activism Disability The kits include activities, a discussion guide, a poster, and a book list. I create the book lists myself and keep a copy on my…