Written by: Kiara Korten Children’s literature is often treated like a soft introduction to “real reading,” a warm‑up before kids graduate to the serious stuff. But anyone who has ever watched a child fall headfirst into a story, eyes wide, breath held, imagination sparking, knows that children’s books are not a prelude; they’re a foundation. In…
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A Foray into Fantasy: Seven Must-Read Recommendations By: Rebecca Hill
The first book that I ever fell in love with was Dinosaurs at Dark, the first of the Magic Tree House series . I remember sitting alone on the living room carpet at six years old when, suddenly, I realized I was reading a “real” book with no…
We Need Diverse Books
If you haven’t heard about it, it’s time to change that. The “We Need Diverse Books” Campaign is an amazing campaign that started advocating for diverse books in 2014 on Twitter by Ellen Oh and Malinda Lo. They spoke of taking action that there weren’t many diverse books on the…
