If you are the parent of a child learning to reader, you know it is challenging to steer your kids away from the Barbie and Batman easy readers toward shelves full of quality, diverse easy readers. Previously, I tackled the issue of easy readers that are actually easy, and easy readers that won’t make you…
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Multicultural and Diverse Children's Books
Reading books that reflect a global diversity is important. All children want to see their faces and the faces of their neighbors reflected back at them. Teach your kids about the world around them by reading them multicultural books with diverse characters. We also have multicultural folktales book lists.
Children’s Books about Special Needs
I’ve been asked several times for a list of books about special needs. It took me a bit of time because I wanted to find children’s books about disabilities that were not didactic. Didactic books, or books that just simply explain a disability without a good story, are b-o-r-i-n-g, and as a consequence teach nothing….
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Read Your Way Around the World With 50 Children’s Books
Who wants to do a little armchair traveling with their kids? (Raises hand!) Making this list of children’s books to take you around the world almost overwhelmed me but I managed to get through it! It was reeeeeeeellllly hard to narrow some of the countries down to just one book, but I managed. A few notes…
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Social Justice Books for Kids to Teach about Global Issues
I’ve always strived to make my book lists useful for parents, especially when they want to talk to their kids about important topics. Social justice, whether it be environmental, political, gender oriented, or economic is a crucial subject and we must discuss it with our children if we want them to grow up to be…
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Children’s Books about Refugees (Picture Books)
If you aren’t sure how to talk to your kids about the current refugee crisis, start with a book. The titles on this list of picture books about refugees are set in a variety of historical periods, as well as the present day. In addition to teaching kids to have compassion for refugees, I think it’s also important…
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Picture Books that Teach Kids to Combat Racism
Books are a great teaching tool, especially when it comes to talking to kids about tough subjects. Many parents might struggle with talking to their kids about institutionalized racism and prejudice and I hope these picture books about racism will help, because an open and honest dialogue is the only way our kids can work to combat…
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Diverse Picture Books: 14 Classics to Have on Your Shelf
The “We Need Diverse Books” campaign is picking up steam and it looks like publishers are indeed making an effort to publish diverse picture books which reflect the multicultural world we live in. But what about classic picture books? There are indeed some wonderful diverse, multicultural books that many of us remember from our childhood. Some of…
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11 Chapter Books for Black History Month
Although February is Black History Month, I hope that you will not confine your reading about the African-American experience to only 1/12 of the year. I’ve created a list of superb chapter books for Black History Month. Most of the books are for kids ages 10 and up, but I also included an acclaimed anthology…
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Chapter Books About Diverse (and Loving) Families
This list of chapter books about diverse families focuses on strong, loving families. First, part of my role as a parent is to help my kids become compassionate individuals, and one way to do that is by teaching them about diverse families and cultures. We’ve read picture books about diverse families, and now we are…
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14 Children’s Books with Multiracial Families
I want books that reflect a diverse, multicultural world. Children’s books with multiracial and biracial families and characters are for everyone! My family lives in one of the most diverse cities in the nation and I am so fortunate my children will grow up knowing people from all walks of life. It will help them become the tolerant, compassionate individuals I…
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