Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
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…
We took our son to visit Tulane University. He’s not really interested in Tulane but he wanted to visit New Orleans for the food. Who can blame him? Our first stop was a hole-in-the-wall fried chicken place, Willie Mae’s Scotch House, that won a James Beard Award. They were seriously understaffed but the wait was…
This was my first time visiting the Tate Modern in London. My daughter, Grasshopper and Sensei, stayed a few extra days when visited London a few years ago to catch a specific show there before it left. She’s an art student at Rhode Island School of Design so she has a good nose for good…
I met Angus Yuen-Killick at USBBY and learned that he launched a publishing company in the middle of the Covid pandemic lockdown! That’s an amazing feat! One of his books, The Happiest Lion Cub, especially hit home. This is a book-in-translation from a publishing company in Ukraine. Angus tells us more about what they…
A herd of 21 elephants is taking up residence in London’s parks! Ok, not real elephants though they are life-size! Each sculpture is based on an actual orphaned elephant, cared for by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. This free Elephants of Tomorrow installation is open to the public and we happened to run into this magnificent…
