Welcome to #DiverseKidLit ! Please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book links and resources, as well as visiting other links to find great suggestions and recommendations. What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of…
In celebration of the launch of the How To Coach Girls book, we are partnering with Berkshire Soccer Academy, a sleep-away soccer camp for girls, with a five-part series. March: The effect of Team Impact on the Boston College Women’s Soccer Team. How To Coach Girls is available here. I let my kids do one week of extravagant…
Please welcome author Sandra Neil Wallace with her list of 10 Diverse Picture Books on Fine Artists. We are giving away 2 signed copies of her latest book, Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. ———— Art is for…
Please welcome my guest author today, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater, with her list about 12 Books About Making Things. We are also giving away her book, With My Hands: Poems About Making Things. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. p.s. Here is one more true story about making things. Piece by Piece: Ernestine’s Gift…
Please welcome my guest authors today, Samantha Berger and Mike Curato. We are giving away a copy of their new picture book, What If?… Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. What If… by Samantha Berger, illustrated by Mike Curato This girl is determined to express herself! If she can’t draw her…
Every student endures struggles while trying to outshine with good grades, but sometimes with all the sacrifices and effort, minimal change happens. It can be disappointing to work hard and not get the expected results, and that is one of the reasons many students end up giving up on their extra-curricular activities in search of…
Discuss socioeconomic status, being homeless, and hunger in America with these children’s books about poverty. Includes picture books and chapter books. For our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom kit this year, we are exploring poverty through a book list, activities, discussion guide and posters. This book list was crowdsourced during our January 27th, 2018 Twitter…