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Celebrate Diversity Month reminds us to recognize and appreciate the differences around us. Although Read Your World’s annual online event may be over, this non-profit is dedicated to bringing some of the best (and unsung) books on the market to the attention of readers of all ages. Read Your World is a non-profit […]
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Read Your World 2024 is coming! Learn more about this initiative to get diverse books into the hands of kids and how you can get involved.
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Can I tell you something about this school? You see, this isn\’t a regular school. This is a superhero school. First days can be tough, especially for someone as shy as Mikey, but Mikey\’s new school is a little different. On his first day, he meets his principal and some incredible children who help him
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Our mission is to not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity but to get more of these books into classrooms and libraries. That was the Mission Statement of a fledgling non-profit over NINE years ago. To date, Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD) has donated over 11K diverse books for kids and
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Making reading an adventure and not a “task/ chore/requirement” during the summer months is a great way to help increase the desire to read and keep them interested as well. Sit down together and pick out your summer reading or make a family trip to the library. When my now-adult kids were young, reading while in the
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Books play a huge part in all children’s lives. Numerous studies have also shown that reading to a child as little as twenty minutes per week will not only result in stronger readers but ones who carry a love of literature into adulthood. But just as important as having quality books available for young readers
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Home is where the heart is and no matter how you define \”home,\” the common denominator is that it is almost always the place where love grows best. But what would you do when the “home” that you have always known is about to change in a very drastic, but exciting, way? One of Audrey
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Sometimes, creativity comes from the most unexpected places. But that\’s the thing about creativity…one minute your brain is void of any ideas and the next, creativity sneaks up on you and catches you by surprise. Some people call it their \”ah-HA\” moment. The \”ah-AH\” moment for new authors Rebecca Flansburg and B.A. Norrgard started as
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Children\’s books are like a portal to a new world or adventure that invites young readers into the world imagination and exploration. Books are also way to allow for world travel without ever leaving your zip code. Books are a way for kids to \”see themselves\” in the pages of the stories they read. The
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