Popo’s Lucky Chinese New Year, by Virginia Loh-Hagan, is the perfect book to read for Chinese New Year.
Browsing: Cultural Wisdom
My Brigadista Year is the latest middle-grade book from the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson. It’s a historical novel that follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro’s national literacy campaign.
Filled with actual pictures of the white house lawn covered in sheep, as well as unique and interesting pictures of President Wilson and the First Lady, this book does a great job of spanning the historical and the entertaining.
These board books are not only good for toddlers, but for beginner readers as well, as they travel the world without having to leave their bedroom. Let the dreaming begin!
This Little President: A presidential Primer, by Joan Holub, will capture the hearts of children, as well as the presidential history-buff in your family!
Langston Hughes’s inspiring and timeless message of pride, joy, and the dream of a better life is brilliantly and beautifully interpreted in Daniel Miyares’s gorgeous artwork.
Shawn Harris is an artist and musician who lives and works in Morongo Valley, California. This is his first book.
Six Dots is not only a story about braille – it is also a story about reading, and about the power of education and the support and love of family.
If You Were Me And Lived In … Cuba, by Carole P. Roman, is a delightful representation of the vivid and unique culture in this small island country, and is sure to inspire young readers to learn more about other places in the world
If You Were Me and Lived In … The Mayan Empire is a great choice for classroom and book report studies.