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Aug 112022

My Beads and Me: Freedom Eyes!

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

My Beads and Me is a jubilant book about a girl and her love affair with her hair.

Jul 152022

5 Empowering Children’s Books Written By People of Color

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on July 15, 2022July 15, 2022

Despite the progress made in achieving racial equality so far, our post on ‘Diversity inChildren’s Books From 2012 to 2020’ revealed that children’s books still lackdiversity. Recent statistics show that only 12% of children’s picture books representBlack…Continue Reading

Sep 172021

10 Life Lessons I Learned from Children’s Books

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021
lettered beads spell "life lessons" on orange background

Here are the top 10 life lessons I’ve learned from the past three years of intensive immersion in kidlit and some books that beautifully illustrate the lessons.  You aren’t the only one who feels out…Continue Reading

Apr 092021

What We Owe To Each Other: Gratitude

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

by Shannon Wright Last month we welcomed a new family member: my nephew Teddy, born at the end of February. My parents, newly vaccinated, traveled from our home in Texas to my sister in New…Continue Reading

Apr 062021

Hear My Voice – Listen to Children at the US/Mexican Border

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on April 6, 2021April 6, 2021
Cover of Hear My Voice

The US/Mexican border is in a state of constant, painful crisis. Thousands of people arrive at our country’s southern border seeking admission to the United States so they can try to eke out a better…Continue Reading

Mar 312021

Angry about the GA Voter Disenfranchisement Law? Get Involved! And 4 Children’s Books About Voting Rights

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on March 31, 2021March 31, 2021

If you hashtagged BLM or put a Black Lives Matter sign in your yard or a mask on your face;  if you marched or donated;  if you contacted a Black friend or painted a mural…Continue Reading

Mar 172021

7 Children’s Books with Strong Asian American female characters

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on March 17, 2021April 1, 2021

On March 16, an all-too-familiar tragedy struck in my hometown, Atlanta. Whenever there is a hate crime, especially one that ends lives, I feel broken. There are 8 people in my town who will not…Continue Reading

Feb 172021

15 Books for Love Your Pets Day

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

Today is Love Your Pet Day! Of course, we love our pets everyday but today they are in for extra-special snuggles. We come across A LOT of books that celebrate the special bond between kids…Continue Reading

Dec 102020

Kidfluencers’ All-Time Favorite Children’s Books Round Up

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

Jambo! I’m Mijha, Chief Curator at Jambo Books. Our basic criteria for choosing books are GREAT FICTION STORIES with ENGAGING ILLUSTRATIONS (where appropriate) that STAR CHILDREN OF COLOR. When I come across a book that…Continue Reading

Dec 012020

Best of Jambo 2020 Book Bundles are Here!

  • By Mijha Godfrey
  • Posted on December 1, 2020December 1, 2020

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…Continue Reading

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