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Jayden's Secret Ingredient

Gardening and Community 

To encour­age plant­i­ng seeds to save the envi­ron­ment, to bright­en spir­its, and to instill a sense of con­nec­tion and pos­si­bil­i­ty, I like to read the fol­low­ing books that focus on gar­den­ing and com­mu­ni­ty. Read and grow!

Time to Pray

Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr 

Ramadan begins this year on March 22nd, and cul­mi­nates with Eid al-Fitr on either April 20th or 21st. Here are books you can read with your chil­dren if you are observ­ing Ramadan or if you are hon­or­ing Ramadan with your friends and family.

Bee-bim Bop!

Fabulous Food 

There are so many ter­rif­ic books about food! I could go on and on with selec­tions and rec­om­men­da­tions but these are a few of my favorites.

Sitting Shiva

Death and Grief 

For those who are mourn­ing the loss of a rel­a­tive, a pet, a friend, a teacher, these books for young and old are rec­om­mend­ed by our subscribers.

The Shortest Day

Winter! 

Now that snow has fall­en in many places through­out the land, it’s time to cel­e­brate the frozen crys­tals in pic­ture books, non­fic­tion, and ear­ly chap­ter books.

I Will Dance

Dance Party 

Dance has many per­son­al­i­ties and appeals to a myr­i­ad of peo­ple. Here are some excep­tion­al books for very young read­ers through teens (and adults, too).

Change Sings

Peace Books 

We’re pub­lish­ing a list of some of the more recent books about peace and con­flict res­o­lu­tion, as anno­tat­ed by Car­ol Spiegel, a long-time K‑8 educator.

Bee Fearless

Kids in Business 

Patience and per­se­ver­ance are among the hard­est things for chil­dren to learn. How can we make press­ing on in the face of dis­cour­age­ment inter­est­ing to kids? By read­ing them amaz­ing sto­ries of cre­ativ­i­ty and resilience! Pic­ture book biogra­phies show the sat­is­fy­ing results of per­se­ver­ing over a life­time. All ages will be inspired by the true tales

The Oldest Student

Perseverance 

Patience and per­se­ver­ance are among the hard­est things for chil­dren to learn. How can we make press­ing on in the face of dis­cour­age­ment inter­est­ing to kids? By read­ing them amaz­ing sto­ries of cre­ativ­i­ty and resilience! 

The Tinaja Tonight

Books about the Night 

Night­time is a mag­i­cal time for kids. It’s a time for explor­ing the night skies. It’s a time for dream­ing cozy dreams.  It’s a time of mis­chief when it comes with the thrill of being allowed to stay up late. Night­time pic­ture books have always had an allure for me because of the top­ics they explore and the amaz­ing and

Rare & Blue

Picture Book Salute to Blue 

Blue is beloved for the awe­some beau­ty of its var­i­ous shades on dis­play in the nat­ur­al world, and for the feel­ings of calm­ness, secu­ri­ty, loy­al­ty, and friend­li­ness, it evokes. So, with­out fur­ther ado: a col­lec­tion of ten love­ly and com­pelling books, plus one, that cel­e­brate blue.

Bookwanderers

Books Set in Bookstores 

 For many of us, wan­der­ing around inside a book­store is our Hap­py Place. It can also be a place of mys­tery, sur­prise, romance, adven­ture, how-tos, and an oppor­tu­ni­ty to tap into the knowl­edge of the uni­verse. Here then are fif­teen books for chil­dren that are set in book­stores.   Archie Greene and the Magi­cian’s Secret writ­ten by

Fabulous Fair Alphabet

Ferris Wheels 

These are books about Mr. Fer­ris or his Fer­ris wheel, which debuted at the 1893 World Colom­bian Expo­si­tion. Grand in scale, ris­ing up into the sky, the Fer­ris wheel is a focal point wher­ev­er it appears. 

Noisy Clock Shop

Quirky Book Lists: Time 

Mar­garet Wise Brown once wrote that chil­dren won­dered about “mys­te­ri­ous clock time.” I cer­tain­ly did as a child. I sim­ply could not learn to tell time. This was back in the dark ages of ana­log clocks that seemed to hold secrets oth­ers could deci­pher but elud­ed me. I could have used any of the books on this list, but

New Year at the Pier

Celebrating Rosh Hashanah 

The Jew­ish High Hol­i­days begin with the fes­tiv­i­ties of the New Year on Rosh Hashanah and end ten days lat­er with the obser­vance of the Day of Atone­ment, Yom Kip­pur. It’s a time of reflec­tion and a renew­al of inten­tions to do bet­ter in the com­ing year. Here are a num­ber of books that will help chil­dren understand

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