It was a lot harder than you’d think to find mystery books for kids with characters of color. I want to thank my Instagram followers for their help in putting this list together: Leah_Bear Yukari_Reads justdebm whatdowedoallday green.momma76 20 Diversity Mystery Books for Kids West Meadows Detectives: The Case of the Snack Snatcher series by Liam…
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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 be pretty dramatic. Special needs characters are a plus for her. Even…
25 Multicultural Adoption Books for Kids
There is an ancient Chinese belief that an invisible, unbreakable red thread connects all those who are destined to be together. From The Red Thread by Grace Lin November is National Adoption Awareness Month. To celebrate, I offer a multicultural adoption picture book, middle grade, and young adult list for kids and teens. There is…
8 Alcatraz Book List for Kids
My girls visited Alcatraz this past summer and it didn’t freak them out. I wondered if it would. PickyKidPix has been obsessed with psychics and mediums lately and watches Lisa Williams a little too much. It could be that we live in an old house that is NOT haunted but there are certainly stories of…
Top 10 Multicultural Picture Books on Bullying
My boxing friend Mark has an idea for a reality tv show that is both of our fantasies-come-true. The show would set up you and your bully in a boxing ring. It would be a real fight with a set date so that you could train, a pre-determined number of rounds, and a referee. Of…
Caldecott, Newbery and More 2015 Winners!
The live webcast is here. Here are the winners and honor books! Of couse, my big question that I have asked goes unanswered is: Why isn’t APALA at the ALA party? Where are the best Asian American books for kids and teens? APALA is an affiliate of the ALA (American Library Association). They are announcing at…
6 More 2015 Caldecott Picks & Picture Book of the Day
I wanted to share Maria Gianferrari‘s great Caldecott and Newbery picks that she left in my comments: My vote for the Caldecott goes to Marla Frazee’s The Farmer and the Clown–I LOVE this book! It’s funny and touching–I laughed and cried I also loved Kelly DiPucchio’s Gaston w/ Christian Robinson’s amazing art, and The Right…