Whew! So that election took about 30 years longer than expected. And it’s still being contested in the early part of December. Voters on both sides expected a landslide and we got…a trickle. But do not fear, because as Martin Luther King, Jr. told us, “the arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.” We’re bending now. Ever so slowly, we’re bending.
We want to help your kids build their empathy muscles for bending that arc by working them out with great books. The Best of Jambo 2020 will help build your empathy for building the best tomorrow we can. Here are our choices for the best books we have sent (or will send) this year.
If you missed them in the boxes, you can still order a Best of Bundle right now! The Best of Jambo 2020 Bundles will ship out after receiving the order so you don’t have to wait for a membership box!
Best of Jambo 2020 for 0-2 Year Olds
– Up Up Up Down by Kimberly Gee
– Welcome To The Party by Gabrielle Union, illustrated by Ashley Evans
– Brown Baby Lullaby by Tameka Fryer Brown, illustrated by A.G. Ford
– First Laugh, Welcome Baby! by Rose Ann Tahe and Nancy Bo Flood, illustrated by Jonathan Nelson
Best of Jambo 2020 for 3-4 Year Olds
– A Big Bed for Little Snow by Grace Lin
– Wimmelbook: Cars and Things that Go by Stefan Lohr
– The Night Monster by Sushree Mishra, illustrated by Sanket Pethkar
– Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Best of Jambo 2020 for 5-6 Year Olds
– No Frogs in School by A. LaFaye, illustrated by Eglantine Clemens
– Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin, illustrated by Ebony Glenn
– One Day in the Eucalyptus Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bernstrom, illustrated by Brendan Wenzel
– Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, illustrated by Luisa Uribe
– Jaden Touissant, the Greatest, Episode 1: The Quest for Screen Time by Marti Dumas, illustrated by Marie Muravski
– Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol: The Haunted House Next Door by Andres Miedoso, illustrated by Victor Rivas
Best of Jambo 2020 for 7-9 Year Olds
– Mia Mayhem is a Superhero by Kara West, pictures by Leeza Hernandez
– Clubhouse Mysteries: The Buried Bones Mystery by Sharon M. Draper
– Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian, illustrated by Nasaya Mafaridik
– Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o, illustrated by Vashti Harrison
Best of Jambo 2020 for 10-13 Year Olds
– The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
– The Serpent’s Secret: Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond by Sayantani DasGupta
– Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
– New Kid by Jerry Craft
