With Chinese New Year rapidly approaching, this is a good time to read Chinese folktales with your kids. This is the latest installment in a continuing book list series featuring multicultural folktales. I know very little about Chinese mythology and I always enjoy delving into learning about other cultures with my kids. Make sure you…
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Picture Book Biographies about African-American Women
Kids love to read books about real people who did extraordinary things. This list of picture book biographies featuring African-American women will inspire any child. Kids will learn more details about familiar faces and be introduced to new and amazing African-American women in both recent and distant history as well as learn about how these…
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Christmas Gift Coloring Page
Happy holidays! Today as part of our exclusive monthly coloring page series, Melanie Hope Greenberg has designed this sweet illustration of a pair of gift-giving kangaroos! If you think kangaroos are an unusual choice for Christmas, banish such thinking! After all, they come with built in gift-pouches! Print out this darling Christmas kangaroo coloring page…
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Soup Kitchen Coloring Page
Thanksgiving is a time for taking stock of all the things for which we are grateful; it is also a time when many families perform service projects together, such as helping out at a soup kitchen. If community projects is always something you have wanted to do with your kids then anytime is a good…
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Best Gifts for Tweens For Creativity & Thinking Skills
You want to give them a Latin-English dictionary. They want a smart phone. Maybe there is a middle ground? What your tween wants is to be entertained. What you want is for them to develop their critical thinking and innovative creative skills. (Note: images and links may be affiliate links, which earn a commission for…
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Books about Generosity & Doing the Right Thing
There is no reason why a children’s book HAS to be a tool for teaching kids important lessons but picture books that teach kids about doing the right thing and being generous to others can sure come in handy as conversation starters, or to reinforce real-life lessons. I’ve tried hard to find a variety of…
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Diverse Picture Books that Teach Gratitude
We all want our children to learn what it means to be thankful and these picture books that teach gratitude are a fun resource. I’ve included a diverse and multicultural selection of books on this list, including poetry, stories based on folktales, as well as tales inspired by different faiths and cultures. You can, of…
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Best Nonboard Board Games for Kids and Families
It’s not always easy finding a board game the whole family will enjoy. And some people simply groan at the idea of a board game in which players simply move their pawns around a maze towards an elusive goal. I’m calling these games “nonboard board games” and they are terrific choices for kids and families…
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Historical and Contemporary Native American Middle Grade Books
Although November is Native American Heritage Month, I hope you will include these Native American middle grade books in your children’s reading diet all year long. Indeed it would be rather insulting to decide that November was the only time of the year to read books with Native American characters! This list of chapter books…
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30 Days of Diverse Books for Kindergarten and First Grade
We’re back with the second list of 30 days of diverse picture books! Like the previous list of diverse books for preschoolers, this list is designed to give you and your children an entire month’s worth of reading in one list. Although I have labeled this a list diverse books for kindergarten and first grade,…
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