Children’s literature is driven by what schools, families, and libraries purchase. In my thirteen years in teaching, I’ve seen the deterioration of curriculum affecting racial literacy. This is caused by teachers and curriculum creators with increasingly limited power to determine what they’re teaching and the resources they can draw from. The answer to implicit racism […]
Changemaker– a big word that simply means starting something that matters. Furthermore, being a changemaker could matter to 1 person or 1 million people. But to act on injustice or inequality, I recognize that changemakers come in all shapes and sizes. Recently, my 7-year-old daughter Havana was featured on national and international news. From the outside […]
When my first-born daughter was born, I was a rookie mom just like everyone else searching for advice from quality parenting books. I definitely am not writing this as the perfect parent. I struggled through many days of the huge responsibility of keeping a human alive. Today, I want to share 3 parenting books on […]
The voice of an angel, Selena was destined to be a star! Published in 2018 from Lil’ Libros, The Life of/La Vida de Selena is a bestselling book about the life story of Selena Quintanilla- Perez. This bilingual Spanish/English biography of a Mexican American singer even reached number one on three Amazon charts. This includes the “Libros […]
Welcome to #DiverseKidLit ! Please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book links and resources, as well as visiting other links to find great suggestions and recommendations to fight the summer slide! What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all […]
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