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Our children are gorgeously diverse and they love a good read. At the heart of Real Kids/ Good Books are authors and illustrators who are building a new diverse canon, book by dazzling book.
Themes include: children of color, LGBTQ, adoption, special needs, math, science and writing. And of course there is also a mishmash of miscellany and reblogged tidbits that strike my fancy as they float by.
Thanks for stopping by.
-Kate
Our children are gorgeously diverse and they love a good read. At the heart of Real Kids/ Good Books are authors and illustrators who are building a new diverse canon, book by dazzling book.
Themes include: children of color, LGBTQ, adoption, special needs, math, science and writing. And of course there is also a mishmash of miscellany and reblogged tidbits that strike my fancy as they float by.
Thanks for stopping by.
-Kate
All Time Favorites
I know I shouldn’t play favorites, but I can’t help it. There are just some books I’ve featured here that speak to me so strongly I can’t read them once. These are the books that inspire me and bring together everything I love about kids books.
Board Books:
Picture Books:
- Umbrella
- Frida
- Yo! Yes?
- Night Boat to Freedom
- Little Night
- My Abuelita
- Moja Means One
- Sopa de Frijoles/ Bean Soup
- Beauty, Her Basket
- Eight Days
- books illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- Grandfather’s Journey
- My Brother Charlie
- Wave
Nonfiction Picture Books:
Chapter/ Early Readers:
- Alvin Ho Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things
- Alvin Ho Allergic to Camping, Hiking and Other Natural Disasters
Middle Grade:
- Locomotion
- Peace, Locomotion
- Because of Winn Dixie
- Out of the Dust
- Ninth Ward
- Anything But Typical
- Al Capone Shines My Shoes and Al Capone Does My Shirts
Young Adult:
Graphic Novels:
