May is the month set apart to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage and today I’ve got some superb titles to help you do just that. I’ve also got a first wash of summer-y stories as the temps …
Tag: immigration
six picks for tween readers
Today I’ve got some great reads for the long hot days of summer. From the extremely quirky, to sci fi and fantasy, to stories of the real, challenging lives of tweens, middle grade literature has got you covered. The Time …
transported by fiction…middle grade reads to take you new places
Fiction is magical. It can transport us to distant lands or fantastical worlds. It can take us inside others’ minds, into lived experiences utterly distinct from our own. It can fling us into wild adventures providing a dash of spice …
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a baker’s dozen…picture books to delight, expand, and warm your world
Today I’ve got a batch of picture books I checked out of my library before they closed for the sake of our well-being. I don’t know if any of you have access to libraries at this point, but if not …
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six for starting school
Short and sweet today. Six reads for a variety of school start-ups! global schools… Adventures to School: Real-Life Journeys of Students from Around the World, by Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul, illustrated by Isabel Muñoz published in 2018 by Little …
sweet as pie in July
Pie is for Sharing, written by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard, illustrated by Jason Chin published in 2018, a Neal Porter Book, Roaring Brook Press My grandmother made the best blueberry pie imaginable, exploding with the tiny, wild blueberries she picked, and …
the perfect present for a grown-up just might be a children’s book
Searching for just the right gift for an adult on your list? Books marketed for children can be spot-on for grown ups, too! Here are a few ideas: Are they passionate about immigration? Her Right Foot, written by Dave Eggers, …
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kaboom! a blast of books for America’s birthday!
Independence Day celebrations are about to blast off across the U.S.A. Here’s a star-spangled set of books to celebrate with! I’ll begin with a pair of titles on the rich gift of immigrants to our nation as I feel so …
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