The state of California has passed a law to make it illegal to discriminate against a person based on his or her hairstyle. The CROWN Act (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair)…Continue Reading
Jul 252019
Author: Mijha Godfrey
Jul 042019
Walking into this Fourth of July, at least 2,700 families from Central America have been separated at our nation’s border. Children are suffering in cages – cages – sleeping on concrete floors without access to…Continue Reading
Jun 272019
Jambo Books is a proud sponsor of food for one Georgia child for the summer through Sweetwater Mission’s Children’s Summer Food Program. It’s the best $50 we’ve spent in a while. You can’t enjoy literacy…Continue Reading
Jun 182019
Back in October 2018, we posted about great children’s books that feature gay or gender non-conforming characters to commemorate Atlanta’s Pride parade. It’s available here. For shorthand, here are the books we recommended. Happily, new…Continue Reading
Jun 102019
Our May 2019 box celebrated motherly love. It was designed by JambArt artist, Meenal Patel. Patel sat down with us for a great interview that covers her journey as an artist and author, the importance…Continue Reading
Jun 062019
I live in a pretty incredible town. Decatur, GA is a small city adjacent to Atlanta. It is just 4 square miles. Decatur has gone through many changes over the last twenty years. It’s a…Continue Reading
May 292019
Tammi Sauer has written 25 children’s picture books including the Nugget & Fang series. She is also the author of a Jambo Books selection for our 5-6 year old subscribers in May 2019. In Mary…Continue Reading
May 192019
Anyone who is not fluent in a language they are trying to speak has had the experience of trying to communicate and feeling like you’re building a house without the necessary tools. In Costa Rica,…Continue Reading
May 152019
I am in love with this illustration by Shannon Wright, who also illustrated one of our May books, My Mommy Medicine written by Edwidge Danticat. Wright is a prolific artist and you should check out…Continue Reading
Apr 242019
We are proud to announce that Jambo will be expanding its book club to include fabulous middle grade novels for 10-13 years! We have some great novels on deck like Ghost by Jason Reynolds, Piecing Me…Continue Reading