When your new little bundle of joy arrives, there’s a lot to take in. Now, you’re responsible for a tiny little human and everything that goes along with that. The other thing to think about is how you’re going to continue to meet your own needs. The postpartum period can be a challenge, but you…
#DiverseKid Lit Blog Hop: Love
Our theme for #DiverseKidLit in February is Love. Please consider sharing diverse books and resources that support love and families. (As always, the theme is only a suggestion. Diverse posts on alternate topics are always welcome.) 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…
3.6 Billion Social Media Share Impressions Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) generated 3.6 billion social media share impressions in three days (day before, day of, and day after). 3.6 BILLION Social Media Share Impressions Over Three Days This is actually a conservative tally because 1) we did not track social media share impressions beyond the three days even though we had…
25+ Groundbreaking LGBTQ Children’s Books
Today my guest author is Laurin Mayeno. She’s an activist mom at OutProudFamilies, and a Huffington Post blogger. Her new children’s book, One of a Kind Like Me/Único como yo (oneofalikeme.com), is illustrated by Robert Liu-Trujillo and translated by Teresa Mlwar. You might recognize Robert Liu-Trujillo’s work from his poster for Multicultural Children’s Book Day. …
Ice Makes Cool Sounds: Science of Ice and Sound
Ice makes some pretty cool sounds! Check this video out from PBS Kids. We noticed it ourselves when we found the ice at our dog park sounds and looks like broken glass! We’ve also heard that reverberation of ice when we throw rocks at the frozen water in the reservoir. This time, though, we couldn’t…
I Appreciate You: Sports Team Bonding Idea
I posted on two of my kids’ I Appreciate You graduating gift idea — Grasshopper and Sensei and my son’s 5th grade I Appreciate You class certificates are on my blog. The ideas is that each student in the class writes one sentence about every other student, and these are typed up on a certificate. It’s a…
11 Picture Books Celebrating Imagination and Friendship
I’m delighted to have Jackie Azúa Kramer guest posting today with a picture book list that celebrates imagination and friendship. She picked some of my all-time favorite picture books in her ten-book list; half about Imagination and half about Friendship. Her newest picture book is also a perfect blend of friendship and imagination. We are giving…







