My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete, pictures by Shane W. Evans I love this book! As the mother of a child on the autism spectrum, My Brother Charlie made me…Continue Reading
Aug 142020
Category: Parenting
Aug 082020
Bloomberg ran an interesting article, The Best Anti-Racist Monuments to Visit in America, on August 5. I saw it while watching a rerun of “To Wong Foo, With Love, Julie Newmar” and was reminded of…Continue Reading
Aug 082020
I want to talk about my nephews. They are between the ages of 4 and 15 and each of them is a marvel in his own right. When they smile the whole world lights up. …Continue Reading
Jun 102020
Sitting on my office is a list of lessons gleaned from All I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum. I’d like to add one lesson that I think also has some…Continue Reading
Jun 082020
We are delighted to send Meenal Patel’s Priya Dreams of Marigolds and Masala to our 5-6 year subscribers this month. We originally met Meenal as a JambArt Box artist. We saw this print and asked…Continue Reading
Apr 082020
I am neither a baker nor a teacher. I am a mom and like so many people, I am trying to work full-time while making sure my kids learn something or just have a shorter…Continue Reading
Apr 082020
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
Aug 082019
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
Dec 292018
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
Dec 262018
Kwanzaa is a 7-day celebration beginning on Dec. 26 and ending on Jan. 1. Kwanzaa is blend of different African tribes’ harvest celebrations. The blending of traditions from different tribes reminds us that most African…Continue Reading