Looking for baseball chapter books that your child will love? Check out our top selection, perfect for kids who love baseball! It’s baseball season in Boston! That can only mean checking the schedule to see when the Red Sox home games are because traffic is brutal in the Fenway on game days. My kids chuckle to see adults pouring off the subway decked out in Red Sox gear, happy and giddy as kids on their way to a game. But that’s the beauty of baseball games. It makes everyone young again. Win, lose, or draw, you can always count on the food at Fenway Park and hearing Sweet Caroline at the seve ..read more

I’m thrilled to be part of the Greater Roxbury Book Fair on Saturday, May 18th, from Noon to 5 pm! Greater Roxbury Book Fair  The Fair will take place on Saturday, May 18th, from noon to 5 pm, and will spotlight best-selling, award-winning keynote authors Ibram X. Kendi and Jacqueline Woodson. It will have panels, workshops, and local author and literary organization exhibitors. Additional authors featured include Abria Smith (Somebody Soup), Anna Staniszewski (My Cousin’s Mermaid), Arthur Collins (Soapbox Sermons), Carlos Hernandez (Sal and Gabi Break the Universe), Delanda Coleman (Mor ..read more

I am humbled and thrilled to announce that We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants®  Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court, illustrated by Victor Bizar Gomez, is a Junior Library Guild Gold selection. It comes out on November 12, 2024, through Red Comet Press   p.s. Related posts: We Sing From the Heart picture book featured in THE FIRE Picture Book Announcement: We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court (out Fall 2024 through Red Comet Press) FOOD FOR THE FUTURE is a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection! ‘Food for th ..read more

Please welcome my guest authors today Lydia Lukidis and Mélina Mangal with their list of children’s books featuring Black women in STEM. We are giving away a copy of Dancing Through Space. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. p.s. Related posts: 31+ STEM Books to Inspire Girls 30 Black Joy Picture Books and Chapter Books Resources for Black History Month 10 Picture Book Biographies to Celebrate Women’s History Month 8 STEM Books on Scientific Minds, Methods, & Discovery ——- Nonfiction STEM books are becoming increasingly popular in the kidlit market. Books that celebr ..read more

Read Your World is celebrating LGBTQIA+ during Pride Month with a virtual event featuring Michael Genhart, Ph.D., Afsaneh Moradian, Federico Erebia, and C.K. Malone. Join us as we chat with authors and allies from the LGBTQIA+ community, unveil our classroom kit: Creating Inclusive Classrooms: LGBTQIA+ Classroom Kit, give away books and so much more. Save the date and be part of this enriching and educational experience! Register now to secure your spot! Monday, June 3, 2024 / 7 p.m. EST Register here: Read Your World Celebrates LGBTQIA+ Virtual Event   Michael Genhart, Ph.D. is a licens ..read more

This is my third bilingual Spanish book list. Author Derek Taylor Kent wrote the first one. The second bilingual Spanish picture book list is from illustrator Wendy Martin. Today’s list is my own, the result of a pile of bilingual books that I’ve been saving for six months, and the books I read to create a Mexico picture book list. Here are 19 Wonderful Bilingual Spanish Picture Books. What bilingual Spanish books do you recommend? Thanks for sharing!   19 Wonderful Bilingual Spanish Picture Books Spectacular Spots/Magnificas Manchas by Susan Stockdale A beautifully illustrated nonfiction ..read more

I do have quite a few book lists and videos on my blog for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month so I wanted to put it all in one place: 80+ Asian American Children’s Book Lists Korean American Books for Kids Japanese American Books for Kids Chinese American Books for Kids South Asian Books for Kids API Children’s Book Creators featured on Read Your World Ig Live   Multicultural Cultural Children’s Book Club featuring Asian Pacific American Children’s Books Creators 80+ Asian American Children’s Book Lists Asian Joy in Picture Books Recognizing Children’s Books for AAPI Heritage M ..read more

My girls are I are a little obsessed with gift-giving right now. We wrack our brains to find the right gift for each person. If the present delights and amuses, we know we have a winner. It’s not about spending a lot of money per se, it’s more about finding a personal connection from that person to the gift, which means trying to remember obscure details from past conversations to nail that gift. Teacher gifts can be hard. Principal gifts even harder. It’s not like you really hang out with your school’s principal! Did your art teacher do something amazing for your child? Ours nominated my daug ..read more

In the last month, I have written a half-dozen letters to politicians and even made a few calls. That’s more than I’ve ever done in my life politically, with the exception of that Saturday in New Hampshire when I first arrived at college. My friend, David Nacht, persuaded me to campaign for Gary Hart and I spent the day knocking on doors and talking to mostly elderly white people. I hated it. Even worse, the campaign staff persuaded made me to write handwritten letters to everyone that I talked to. (I hate writing handwritten letters. My hand cramps and my handwriting is illegible, even for me ..read more

I’m thrilled to share that the Explorer Academy series adds a new book series starring Sailor York in Vela Book The Sailor Cipher releasing on April 23, 2024. Sailor York and her classmates in Explorer Academy uncover an elusive animal-smuggling ring. The team faces puzzling obstacles and follows complex clues aboard the new ship, Vela. Explore Academy series by Trudi Trueit Welcome to Explorer Academy, the school where kids train to become the next generation of great explorers. Readers will join Cruz and his friends as they embark on an unforgettable global adventure solving myste ..read more