Even with your best efforts to make your child comfortable with reading, they may still experience reading anxiety or reluctance. Some may even have unresolved reading trauma from years of past reading failures. On October 19th, I will be speaking at the Close the Reading Gap Summit. This free event is for parents and teachers….
Today is my book birthday for Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Human Rights Activist by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Keith Henry Brown, and published by Red Comet Press. A moving portrait of Yuri Kochiyama—an ordinary woman who became an extraordinary activist—and her bond with Malcolm X When Japanese American activist Yuri…
Please welcome today’s guest author, Beth Bacon. Beth and I are not only authors of books for kids, but we are also college classmates! Beth has written about a dozen books for young readers, including her perennial favorite, I Hate Reading, which looks at the world from the silly perspective of a couple of kids…
For a student moving from India to Ontario, access to Toronto may mean seeing family in the area or visiting the city while making a home on another campus. That could mean checking a weekday route against a class timetable or finding a return journey after a weekend visit, depending on how often the student…
It’s that time of year again! Read Your World is celebrating diverse children’s and young adult by giving Free Books in Exchange for a Review for Read Your World Day on January 28, 2027! Free Book in Exchange for a Review Get a FREE book in exchange for your review! Join us in celebrating diversity…
Thank you to Publishers Weekly for reviewing Postcards from Malcolm X! Postcards from Malcolm X: How Yuri Kochiyama Became a Human Rights Activist Mia Wenjen, illus. by Keith Henry Brown. Red Comet, $24.99 (42p) ISBN 978-1-63655-089-3 This stirring biography from Wenjen (Barbed Wire Between Us) and Brown (Pushing Hope) chronicles how the quiet…
I’m excited to be on a picture book panel at Books of Wonder in New York City: These picture books tell brilliant true stories that you just can’t miss. Join us in-store to hear all about them! Picture Books to Inspire From activists to artists to brave children, these picture books tell the tales of…