To kick off our Author and Illustrator interviews at the Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog, we interviewed Joseph Bruchac … followed by Jacqueline Woodson! (and stay tuned for Margarita Engle, Lisa Yee, and Cynthia Kadohata!) Coming in January — Multicultural Children’s Book Day Spotlight: Shining the Light on Inclusive Authors & Illustrators! From January 1st through the…
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Predicting 2015 Caldecott & Newbery
I have a selfish reason for compiling this list. It’s my Christmas book list for my kids. It’s also because my kids won’t read (probably like yours!) unless they have a really good book and so I search and search and present, like a game show hostess, blog posts of books that I think my…
Hispanic American Books for Kids: Link Round Up
I’m part of the Multicultural Kid Blogs Hispanic Heritage celebration where the MKB bloggers are sharing different ideas to celebrate Hispanic Heritage with kids. There are now 52 million Hispanic families in the U.S. – making Hispanics the nation’s largest ethnic minority at 16.7% of the entire population. Almost 50% of Hispanic households have children…
5 Multicultural Books for Kids from the Kid Lit Blog Hop
I wanted to share some of the great multicultural books from the last Kid Lit Blog Hop. Multicultural Books for Kids from the Kid Lit Blog Hop Sam and the Lucky Money from Randomly Reading Sam and the Lucky Money is is a wonderful read aloud for kids. It is not so much about teaching young…
27 Books for Kids About the Arab World (ages 4-18)
Please welcome my guest blogger, author Elsa Marston who has a wonderful book list for children about the Arab World including picture books, advanced picture books, chapter books, a graphic novel, and young adult books. How can we Americans hope ever to understand the Middle East? Not very easily, I’m afraid, it’s complicated. But we can gain an…
Guys Read Other Worlds: Cover Reveal and GIVEAWAY
Chapter books for boys, aged 9 and up include a great series of short stories aimed at boys called Guys Read edited by Jon Scieszka.
Choosing Good Books to Read Aloud to Young Children
Good books to read loud to infants, toddlers and preschoolers.