We read A LOT of books here at Jambo Book Club HQ to find the best ones for our members. Our basic criteria are that the books star a child of color, be fiction, have…Continue Reading
Dec 152019
Tag: Childrens Books
Nov 132019
JK Rox is a counselor and author of three children’s books that focus on supporting children’s mental health during times of change or conflict in their lives. The Surprise Inside tells the story of a…Continue Reading
Aug 152019
I keep an ever-growing stack of books in my office that are candidates for becoming Jambo Book Club books. My seven year old often thumbs through them looking for a good bedtime story. Yesterday, she…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
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
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
Oct 152018
This past weekend we celebrated PRIDE with parades, parties and events that extol the joy of being yourself. Although we founded Jambo Books to highlight children’s books that feature children of color, diversity encompasses more than…Continue Reading
Jul 162018
One of the books Jambo sent to 3-4 year olds in June was Over and Under the Pond, written by Kate Messner and illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal. Chris was kind enough to do an…Continue Reading