Last Sunday, I moderated a panel at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Fall Tradeshow. Titled “What’s Next: Children’s/YA Books to Celebrate Diversity and Empathy,” it included Fall and Spring Season previews of new releases that had me longing to drop my microphone and sprint to Powell’s Books. I wanted to share with you some of theContinue reading “A New Season of Diverse Children’s/YA Literature!”
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10 Books to Help Build Self-Confidence in Your Tweens and Teens
Originally published in Working Mother, May 16th, 2019 10 Books To Help Build Self-Confidence in Your Tweens and Teens Teaching them to love themselves is necessary for growth. Written by Melissa Hart Better with Books by Melissa Hart amazon.comBuy Reading fiction and memoir—regardless of what age we are—is consistently found to develop compassion for others,Continue reading “10 Books to Help Build Self-Confidence in Your Tweens and Teens”
Replace–Or Deconstruct– Biased Kids’ Classics
A month ago, I made a pretty thoughtless faux pas on Twitter (remarkably easy to do, I know). A first-grade teacher Tweeted something to the effect that her kids loved the classic kids’ book Danny and the Dinosaur, but she wanted to update her shelves to reflect more contemporary picture books and easy readers. IContinue reading “Replace–Or Deconstruct– Biased Kids’ Classics”
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