Diversity Picture Books for Children GIVEAWAY
The lack of diversity in children’s literature is a problem that affects all children, especially children from low-income families, who rarely see themselves, their families or their communities in...
View ArticleRising Kindergarten Summer Reading List
This is the last installment of my school’s Summer Reading 2013 list: A Collaboration of the Newton Public School Library Teachers & the Newton Free Children’s Librarians. I wanted to share my...
View ArticleAlice in Wonderland ebook to Celebrate 150 Years
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View ArticleSummer Reading Fun and Giveaway from GenZ!
My son and I started reading very short non-fiction stories from GenZ Read Together, a website that makes reading together an entertaining educational experience. We get a wide assortment of...
View ArticleBest Free eBooks for Kids
Are you reading ebooks with your kids this summer? I find that my son likes to read both paper and ebooks. Sometimes when I’m trying to get something done, an eBook that reads to him is a big...
View ArticleMonsters In the Closet Picture Books: The Dark
I started haunting our local bookstore to read picture books but I always feel guilty using it like a library so I make sure to buy a small stack. When it comes to picture books, I am the pickiest...
View ArticleReading to Two Kids on My Lap and GIVEAWAY
Please welcome my guest poster, Kristin Briley, a teacher and wife of children’s book author Randy Briley. She is posting today on how to read aloud to two kids of different ages with different...
View ArticleHistory of St. Patrick’s Day for Kids
I have to confess that I thought St. Patrick’s Day was about pots of gold, leprechauns and four leaf clovers. I suppose if I thought hard about it, I would have guessed that St. Patrick was a Catholic...
View ArticleChoosing Books for Advanced Young Readers
Please welcome my guest author, Natalie from After School with Smarty Pants. She has wonderful enrichment activities and life skills for advanced learners on her blog. Today, she covering how to find...
View ArticleYoga for Kids Bedtime Picture Book of the Day GIVEAWAY
I’m excited to introduce you to my friend Giselle today. Giselle blogs at Kids Yoga Stories and recently moved to my neck of the woods from Northern California so we are actually able to meet in...
View ArticleSummer Reading Lists and Programs for Kids
Summer is starting soon and I need to get a summer reading plan for my kids! Usually, my kids are assigned an extensive summer reading project by the teachers in the next grade. One year it was five...
View ArticleTeaching Inappropriate Touch to Kids Starting at Age 3
Please welcome my guest author, Selena Smith, who is covering the importance of body safety education for kids starting at age 3. Parents everywhere desperately want to keep their children safe....
View Article14 Asian American Picture Books About Food
Being Asian means that you are all about food. Did you know that the greeting in Chinese, 你吃了吗? {Ni (third tone) Chi (first tone) Le (first tone) Ma(third tone), means have you eaten yet?! The family...
View ArticleBest Graphic Novels and the Kid Lit Blog Hop
There aren’t many children’s book awards for graphic novels or comic books so I was excited to learn about The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards. It awards...
View ArticleMr. Avila’s Kindergarteners Act Out Miss Nelson is Back!
Last year, Mr. Avina’s kindergarte class from Los Angles United School District acted out Miss Nelson is Missing. It was adorable! Do you know about the Miss Nelson picture book series? I had a copy...
View Article10 Perfect Read Aloud Books for 2nd Grade
I chose a collection of some of my favorite chapter books and picture books for second grade read alouds. Truth be told, I don’t really remember exactly what books my kids were read to in the...
View Article19 Perfect Read Alouds for 1st Grade
I polled my three kids to jog their memory of what the read aloud books were in first grade. We had one wonderful first grade teacher twice, and PickyKidPix was even able to loop with her for second...
View ArticleZoomer Dino Toy for Dino Obsessed Kids Like Mine
My son and I were waiting at the hospital to get an MRI scan for a bump on his neck that has persisted for about a month. It turns out that he will need surgery to remove what the MRI revealed to be a...
View ArticleBombadier Beetle Fun & Educational App for Kids
My kids think farting is extremely funny. I think they would love this interactive app about Luna, a Bombardier Beetle, with a unique talent. The talent of the toot! But first, some background on the...
View ArticleTop 5 Posts of 2014 Countdown: #5
I’m counting down my Top 5 Posts of 2014 with MaryAnne of MamaSmiles. I was fortunate to be able to meet with her a few times when she still lived in Massachusetts and I was able to see her once this...
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