4 must-read books about the environment to read with your kids on Earth Day, and any other day
Today is Earth Day, and my kids love the Earth Day challenge to turn off all electricity for one hour. So we’re planning to turn off the lights, cuddle up by our battery-powered lanterns — or the fireplace, if this cold weather doesn’t move on! For...
Why Little Guides to Great Lives is the next cool biography series to buy your kids
I’m nearly finished reading Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls to my kids at bedtime, and they’ve become so fascinated by these biographies that I’ve been trying to find even more more for them to read when we’re done. So when I received a copy...
8 books that teach kids about the Holocaust. Because we haven’t forgotten, and neither will they.
This week was Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, and we were all shocked to see the results of a new survey about Holocaust awareness in the United States: The atrocities of the Holocaust are fading from the public’s memory, so much so that...
4 fantastic, creative journals to get kids drawing, reflecting, or plotting to save the world.
Wow, journals have come a long way since I was a kid and I had a choice between a plain lined composition book or some cutesy diary with an easily pickable lock. Now, journals are so creative, with so many different kinds of approaches and prompts, making them far...
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo: Because love is love. Even for bunnies.
As we’re busy sharing all the traditionally cute bunny books and gifts for kids’ Easter baskets, here comes one that…well, it’s a long way off the beaten path of your typical bunny book. Presenting: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, an equally...
5 terrific children’s books about activism to help raise activist kids
We have talked so much recently about raising activist kids and what we can do to help them and encourage them to get involved with whatever cause inspires them. And one of the first place we turn, are books. In this case, wonderful children’s books about...
Holi hai! This must-read book about Holi for kids is full of joy
Today marks the beginning of Holi, the Indian festival of color, love and springtime. You know, the one with the bright, colorful powder that’s tossed in celebration of good triumphing over evil, fertility and love. (Concepts we can totally get behind!) Every...
Why every child (and adult) should read The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
The Rabbit Listened, by Cori Doerrfeld, is hands down, my favorite kids’ book that’s come across my desk lately. It’s a simple story about how to respond with compassion when you see someone suffering and it couldn’t come along at a better...
Meet the new children’s book from Maisy author Lucy Cousins | Sponsored Message
This is a sponsored message from Candlewick Press It’s here, it’s here! Splish, Splash, Ducky has hit the stands, ready to mesmerize your little ones with interactive prose and friendly drawings from New York Times best-selling author Lucy Cousins. Fans of...
6 exquisite children’s books about women African American singers and songwriters. May they inspire children to lift every voice and sing!
It’s Black History Month and hopefully you and your children are spending time learning and celebrating our nation’s Black inventors and innovators, activists and leaders. There are just so many wonderful children’s books about African American...
Celebrate World Read Aloud Day! Amazing resources, free printables, author videos, children’s book recos and more
Today is World Read Aloud Day (or for those of us on social media, #WorldReadAloudDay) and there are so many great ways to celebrate with your kids. And not just today, either! When you consider how essential a love of reading is to a child having success and options...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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