I have had poor eyesight from sixth grade but kept it a secret right upto eighth grade; so the connection with “𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀” was...

Have you read Ashley Franklin’s latest book “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗷𝗶𝗱 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀”? The book begins by focusing on Kamal’s smile – a...

Oh, the world needs this book! “𝗜 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲” is about a young girl from America whose father is from India and her...

I was elated to finally get a copy of Debasmita Dasgupta’s “𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝟯”. Set in the format of a graphic novel, this book is...

Death, though inevitable, is often made invisible in our discussions with children. When we speak of culture and tradition, customs...

“𝗜 𝗔𝗺 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱” is one of my go-to books on father-son relationships. Written by Karamo Brown of Netflix’s...

If you’ve liked “𝘈 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘺” then it is time for you to check out the new release “𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆, 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲...

When Grandmas move in, it can lead to a lot of adjustment for everyone involved. “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳...

This is one book that I should have read long ago. I love the “centric” approach of the authors as they look deeper into ‘reading’. In...

“𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀” is a book about extended family, change and family ties. This takes me back to the good old...

So your middle grade students are not reading as much as they should? Perhaps you’ve already tried book talks, first-chapter Fridays and...

“𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴!” is a must-read from cover to cover. The protagonist “Joe” is a differently-abled child who notices...

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳.”...

If your students liked “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘈 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵” by Sophia Gholz and want to know more about Jadav Payeng, here’s a...

Bahram Rahman’s “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝘀” published in 2020 and set in Kabul, still remains one of the finest examples of #ownvoices...

“𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯...

Anything “Asian” sells – books by Asian authors, books with Asian characters, books with an Asian setting, and books about Asian food are...

“𝗔 𝗗𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝗜𝘀…” is an ode to the chunri or the dupatta commonly worn by people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka....

“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀” is a collection of 12 short stories penned by 12 East-Asian-American or...

Weekend read – a middle-grade novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old girl who loves to swim but is troubled by juvenile arthritis and a...

Are the children in your class fans of Penelope Rex? Are you in search of an even more hilarious book that will have them laughing out...

"𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰" illuminates the experiences of children with Sensory Processing Disorder, while captivating a wide...

Poetry is so often made formulaic by well meaning educators, that many children look at it as ‘yet another genre; yet another unit’. This...

Grade 2s were fascinated with Kevin Henkes’ latest book - the words and the pictures stirred them to exclaim, “We can do this too!” Now...