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March 31, 2019 lockehardy

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Happy Lunar New Year! This book was released on January 14th, but we decided to wait to feature it until the actual holiday. Mindy Kim is back for another adventure, this time taking the plunge and attending a parade in Orlando with her dad and friend Sally. Mindy is feeling a little apprehensive because it’s the first Lunar New Year since her mom died, and she’s not quite ready to have as much fun as in years prior. She insists on wearing her old hanbok (a ceremonial Korean garment) despite it being too small, because it was the last one her mother bought her. This book, like the last one, offers a multitude of conversation options about Mindy’s feelings and events that happen at the parade. Sally is a great character too. Despite being white, she’s very excited to try Korean foods and learn different customs like how to bow properly. She embraces the unfamiliar with gusto, and is excited to learn more about her friend. Lunar New Year Parade normalizes the bicultural experience that so many kids and families live. We love having an early chapter book that seamlessly weaves in Korean vocabulary and social-emotional learning into it’s story. Definitely excited to see the next installment in the series! This book was generously sent to us by our friends at @simonkids , but all opinions are our own. . . . #koreanamerican #lunarnewyear #lunarnewyear2020 #earlychapterbooks #dumplingtime #weneeddiversebooks #diversebooks #diversebooksforkids #education #teachersfollowteachers #inclusion #growingup #diversity #librariansofinstagram #parade #family #singleparentfamily #childrensbooks #childrensliterature #bookstagram
Adam and his parents go to the outdoor market one day, and he sees a bright blue jay. Following it, Adam doesn’t realize he’s left his parents behind until he tugs on what he thinks is his mother’s tunic but it turns out to be a nun’s dress. Adam tries to identify his parents clothes in the crowd, only to realize that many different types of people dress in similar ways! The individuals that Adam mistakes for his parents work together to bring them back together, and connect to each other in the process. This book has few words, and the rich illustrations do the majority of the plot development. Adam and his parents live in a diverse community that is wonderfully represented by the similarities in clothing that Adam mistakes for his parents. The emphasis on community in this story is timely, some people live in fear of differences or the unknown. In the beginning as well as the end of the book are statements about the power of community and diversity, and how we are stronger together. This is a really beautiful book that can teach fantastic cultural vocabulary about garments along with the other messaging it promotes. This book was sent to us by Sleeping Bear Press as an entry in the Best Books of 2019 List, but all opinions and decision to review were our own! 🧺🌍 #socialemotionallearning #weneeddiversebooks #diversebooks #kindness #friendship #childrensbooks #picturebook #picturebooks #education #secularhomeschool #diversity #childrenslit #inclusion #diversekidlit #diversebooksforkids #readersareleaders #librariansofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #religiousdiversity #oneworld
This book is part of a larger set of atlas’ by Quarto as part of their Wide Eyed Editions books, focusing on curiosity and learning. This is the only book in the series that we’ve seen (we won this in a giveaway) but the other books look amazing too! We love to feature nature and science books as part of our beliefs that everyone can be a scientist, despite there sometimes being a single example of what a scientist is. The world is an amazing place that needs diverse explorers and scientists to help solve life’s mysteries and to protect our precious natural resources and wild animals. This is a massive book jam packed full of oceanic knowledge and adventure inspiration! The entire book is beautiful and organized, with a helpful contents page at the beginning and an index at the end. The illustrations make us want to grab some flippers and hop on into the water, searching for otters and whale sharks to befriend! The atlas also does a lovely job of explaining the wonders of the aquatic world, and where they are in the world. Lots of information is on the pages, but it doesn’t overwhelm the illustrations which are the star of the show here. This is a great coffee-table book, and a must-have for the burgeoning marine biologist on your life! There is even a “Can You Find?” section in the back right before the index! There are a bunch of animals to seek out through the entire book, making another activity for readers. 🐙🦑🦞🦀🐡🐠🐟 @quartokids @lucy_letherland 🐳 #stemisforeveryone #stem #weneeddiversebooks #picturebooksaremyjam #education #inclusion #diversekidlit #childrenslit #childrensbooks #diversebooks #oceanography #marinebiology #scienceforeveryone #bookstagram #quartobooks #lucyletherland #emilyhawkins #jellyfishjam #whaleshark
Today we have the honor of helping with a big announcement! We are so excited to share that our friends at Bharat Babies are growing up! 5 years ago, Bharat Babies started with a vision to share the stories of their home and heritage of India. Their vision is expanding to tell the stories of the entire South Asian experience. Stories that go beyond the borders of India. Stories that go beyond childhood. To reflect their broader mission and vision, their name is changing as well to Mango and Marigold Press, an award-winning independent publishing house that shares the sweet and savory stories of the South Asian experience. So folks, get ready to see a whole new look over at Mango and Marigold Press along with stories of the South Asian experience told not only in children’s literature but also middle grade and young adult. Let us know below what kind of stories you want to see and tag @mangoandmarigoldpress. Who knows, it might become a story! . . #weneeddiversebooks #bharatbabies #new #bigthingscoming #diversereads #readersareleaders #diversebooks #diversekidlit #southasianstories
A Boy Like You opens by talking about how unique every person is, and how the world needs someone exactly like each and everyone one.  Our main character (a young boy of color) demonstrates the many attributes a person can have, and how everyone is different.  Everyone is smart, but in different ways.  Some are more gifted athletically, and some artistically.  But everyone should be kind, polite, and help others. Teaching empathy and compassion is crucial to dismantling toxic masculinity, and continuing the fight to dismantle the racist patriarchy that upholds systemic oppression in our nation. Only by continuing the radical fight that our predecessors began can we hope to have an anti-racist and inclusive future. This book is geared towards boys, to help dismantle the stereotypes that force boys and men to feel pressure to embody a single type of masculinity, which can become toxic.  Murphy tells the reader to leave every place and every person, better than you found them.  The message about the importance of being true to yourself but also a kind and sensitive human being.  Although the words in the book could easily be shifted to include “people” instead of “boys” all the time, the text is sending a profound message to boys that they don’t have to be macho and emotionless in order to be seen as a man. We chose this book to also represent our book club theme of Inspire this month as well! This book was sent to us by @sleepingbearpress as part of the #findmestories_bestof2019 list, but all opinions are our own. . . #findmestories_inspire #socialemotionallearning #weneeddiversebooks #diversebooks #toxicmasculinity #kindness #friendship #childrensbooks #picturebook #picturebooks #education #secularhomeschool #diversity #childrenslit #inclusion #diversekidlit #diversebooksforkids #readersareleaders #librariansofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers
This is a really cute, short rhyming book that celebrates not only different skin colors but different families as well! Throughout the book the reader learns all about the wonderful things that skin does for a person, and how it can look differently for everyone. We really love the diverse representation present in these illustrations. Right off the bat, the cover image shows a young girl of color in a wheelchair with a soccer ball playing with other kids running and scootering outside! There are other fabulous examples of diverse families with gay parents, different families with religious head coverings, a child with a large birthmark on their cheek, and a long-haired child with very strong eyebrows. Lauren Tobia has illustrated an incredibly fantastic representation of what life really looks like in many different environments. The text is simple and the rhymes would be really fun to say out loud with a group! This is a book that truly celebrates kindness, community, and loving the unique skin you were born in. . . #weneeddiversebooks #picturebook #picturebooksaremyjam #childrensbooks #readersareleaders #diversebooks #diversebooksforkids #friendship #outdoors #uniqueness #diversity #childrensliterature #education #inclusion #learning #teachersfollowteachers #secularhomeschool #diversekidlit #librariansofinstagram #earlychildhoodeducation #socialemotionallearning #happiness #literacy #learning #readingisfundamental

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