March 25, 2021

Beauty and Emotion: 45 Children’s Books for National Poetry Month

“Poems don’t have to rhyme. Poems are about beauty and emotion; in other words, poems are about feelings.” – Nikki Giovanni April is National Poetry Month. […]
March 18, 2021

30 Children’s & YA Books for International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

“I want kids to know, because they can’t fathom that these kinds of injustices existed in the USA. We have to continually tell them this happened […]
March 12, 2021

8 In the Garden Picture Book Stories

“I had this crazy idea that what if we planted a garden on the White House lawn to start a conversation about where our food comes […]
March 9, 2021

Youth Art Month (YAM): 40 Children’s Books by Artist Authors

“I wanted to become an artist when I was very young…as far back as age four. I gave my mother a portrait I had drawn of […]