Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Minneapolis. I’m glad for this acknowledgement that Columbus and Co. were not actually the true founders of the Americas. Not even close. My goal over the next couple of days is to encourage you …
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splendors for September
September and October are my favorite months of the year. Rhythms return after summer days punctuated with splash and spontaneity. Cooler air approaches. Evenings lengthen with the sun heading to bed earlier and earlier. All of which makes for ideal, …
a kaleidoscope of cultures…picture books for loving a big world!
If you follow Orange Marmalade, you already know that I have a heart for books that shine the light on the marvelous variety of ways people live, all the places people love to call home, around the world. You can …
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fishing in Jamaica
Gone to Drift, by Diana McCaulay first published in the UK in 2016; first US edition 2018 by HarperCollins Lloyd is a young boy living in Kingston, Jamaica, where fishing has been the lifeline for generations of men in his …
Tour the World: Destination Canada
It’s our penultimate stop on the world tour today, and we’re heading north to visit the vast beauties of Canada. From the Rockies to its cosmopolitan cities to the rocky cliffs of the Atlantic, all of Canada is on display …
Tour the World — Destination: Central and South Africa
Today our tour hovers in the central region of Africa and journeys all the way to its southernmost tip. Let’s begin in… Chad Rain School, written and illustrated by James Rumford published in 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children …
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Tour the World — Destination: East Africa
As we continue our way through the vast continent of Africa, I’m recommending a book that counters an unhelpful perspective, which is to discuss Africa as though it were a country. Too often in various collections, stories are listed from, …
Tour the World: Destination: Central Asia, The Mideast, North Africa
We’re veering west this week, exploring Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Islamic cultures weave amongst all these areas somewhat uniting them, so although many of the titles in my post about Islam in children’s literature aren’t country-specific, …
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Tour the World — Destination: Australia, New Zealand, and Micronesia
Welcome to Australia, the first stop on our world tour! With side trips to New Zealand and Micronesia for good measure. There are gobs of cute stories out there featuring koalas, wombats and the like which often appear in “Learn …
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Tour of the World: A Sampler of Cultures to Start
So here we go, off on our tour! As I’ve read these stacks of books over the past months, I’ve thought a lot about how we present global cultures to our children. How do we avoid a sense that people …
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