New babies arriving into families with children create the magical relationship of “sibling”, but that doesn’t mean older kids don’t feel nervous or put-out by the prospect of a new addition. Books that address the…Continue Reading
A friend told me that he appreciated what Jambo Books is trying to do because he believes that all of us have quirks, personality traits, some discrete and insular, others that can be hidden at…Continue Reading
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Their mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’…Continue Reading
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Their mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’…Continue Reading
Tonya Duncan Ellis is the author of the SOPHIE WASHINGTON series. She lives with her family in Houston, Texas. Here, Ellis speaks with us about her writing career, Sophie Washington and what and who inspire…Continue Reading
What can the first four days of Kwanzaa teach us about confronting the immigration crisis at the southern border? Today is the fourth day of Kwanzaa, the African-American holiday from Dec. 26-Jan 1 that celebrates…Continue Reading
In a heartbreaking blow, my oldest daughter told me she preferred white Santa to brown Santa. …Continue Reading
Tapenum’s Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters, photographs by Russ Kendall is written in the first person from the perspective of a young Wampanoag boy, Tapenum, living in the time…Continue Reading
As a true book, The Wampanoag doesn’t pull punches about violence and pestilence that swept through the areas of Massachusetts and Rhode Island with the arrival of Europeans to American shores. In fact, the first…Continue Reading
Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Greg Shed tells the incredible tale of the life of Tisquantum (Squanto). He was born and raised to be a leader…Continue Reading
