Please welcome my guest author today, Padma Venkatraman, with an extensive list of books for kids and teens to learn about Indian culture. She has broken out her list into four categories: picture books younger middle grade older middle grade/younger young adult Young adult/adult We are also giving away 4 copies of her books. To…
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31 Immigration & Refugee Experience Books for Kids
Use these books on modern immigration and the refugee experience books for kids to teach empathy and compassion. What are your favorite books on this topic that I’ve left out? Thanks for sharing! This book list is part of the Multicultural Children’s Book Day Classroom Kit on Empathy, covering modern immigration and the refugee experience….
Top 10 Best Historical Fiction Books for Kids
Please welcome author Deborah Hopkinton who is guest posting with her favorite historical fiction books for kids. She also has a new book out, A Bandit’s Tale, and we’re doing a giveaway below! p.s. Related posts: Historical Fiction Book Lists Top 10 Historical Fiction Chapter Books Top 10: Best Historical Fiction for Kids Historical Fiction…
Dystopian YA Like The Giver, Legend and Hunger Games
PickyKidPix has very specific tastes in books. She likes realistic fiction and dystopian, and that’s it. No fantasy, nonfiction, or action adventure for her. No Percy Jackson (boring), Harry Potter (snooze), or even YA chick-lit romance. She also likes her realistic fiction to be pretty dramatic. Special needs characters are a plus for her. Even…
25 Animal Friendship Picture Books
Please welcome Maria Gianferrari today who is making lists of her favorite books in honor of her debut picture book out next week! You might recognize Maria from blog comments here; she always has the best book recommendations! ————— Mia kindly agreed to participate in my blog tour to celebrate the release of my debut…
21 Diverse Books Like Percy Jackson
I have to applaud Rick Riordan for consciously creating casts of characters of color starting with his Percy Jackson series, particularly his Heroes of Olympus and Kane Chronicle series. Does it make a difference to see yourself in a book? I think so. Does a multi-ethnic cast of characters help a series go supernova? It…
Women’s History Month with Anna May Wong
I’m thrilled to be participating in KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month, run by Margo Tanenbaum, of The Fourth Musketeer, and Lisa Taylor, of Shelf-employed. I met Margo at KidLitCon in 2012. Their great blog celebrates women in history by organizing a month of guest posts about women in history. My post on Anna May Wong was on March…