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…
We have some wonderful news about Multicultural Children’s Book Day! We are now a non-profit! This status will help us with our mission to get diversity books into the hands of underserved children. To help us with this goal, we are partnering with First Book. We will be both helping them to raise money and donating…
Today is my turn for Picture Book of the Day and I had a hard time choosing because I’ve been reading and hoarding a small pile of really great picture books. In the end, I went with my Caldecott contender picture book, Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by two Caldecott-honored authors, Mac Barnett and Jon…
The first stop for the third grade field trip to Plimoth Plantation on a wet and dreary day was the Mayflower II. It’s a replica of the Mayflower ship that the Pilgrims sailed on. We also learned about the life for Pilgrims and Native Americans. Here’s a model boat version of the Mayflower at Plimoth…
My kids discovered the Japanese Ramune soda recently. It was a discovery PickyKidPix made while eating at a Japanese restaurant with her friend. She was determined to hunt them down and we found them at our local Chinese grocery store. While the flavors of the Ramune sodas seem overly sweet and subtle to me, my…
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I loved biographies as a child. When I was in 4th grade, I polished off the entire section of biographies book by book, just going alphabetically down the line. It was an amazing way to meet a lot of interesting people and it probably planted a subliminal message of “be awesome” like these people. Make…