The Boy on the Page by Peter Carnavas
11 Jan, by in Australian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction
Ready for a bit of inspiring whimsy? Meet the small boy who, "[o]ne quiet morning ...
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Ninja! by Arree Chung
31 Dec, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction
The text here is all about serious preparation ("a thick ninja stick"), effective tactics ("must master the element of ...
‘Twas Nochebuena: A Christmas Story in English and Spanish by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illustrated by Sara Palacios
22 Dec, by in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Poetry
Originally titled "A Visit from St. Nicholas," Clement Clarke Moore first shared his iconic poem with his children on Christmas Eve of 1822. Better known by the first line, "’Twas the night before Christmas ...
Hope Springs by Eric Walters, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
17 Dec, by in African, Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction
"As the biggest, [Boniface] had to care for the littlest." He's one of the older boys living in a Kenyan orphanage, known for his gentleness and patience. "[A]ll the children in the orphanage were like a family." On one of their outings to fetch water at...
Wall by Tom Clohosy Cole
14 Dec, by in British, Children/Picture Books, European, Fiction
"My mom said that while the wall was being made, our dad got stuck on the other side." The story is specific to Germany where the Berlin Wall went up in 1961, dividing a single city into two, cleaving family members from one another –...
The Year of the Sheep: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac by Oliver Chin, illustrated by Alina Chau
09 Dec, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction
What? 2014 is almost over? I never caught up with everything I shoulda done in 2013. Oh well ...
The Elephant Bird by Arefa Tehsin, illustrated by Sumit and Sonal
03 Dec, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Indian, South Asian
The underdog overpowers her detractors. Check! The unjustly accused is publicly exonerated. Check! An unexpected friendship repairs foolhardy mistrust. Check! Girl power saves all! Check! Surely that sounds like just the superhero adventure tale you want to share with your kiddies! Munia's tiny village is in an uproar over a missing...
Noodle Magic by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illustrated by Meilo So
01 Dec, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction
After such a bountiful weekend, food might not be the first thing on your mind this Cyber Monday morning ...
Takloo: The Little Salt Seller by Radhika Bapat, illustrated by Poonam Athalye
25 Nov, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Indian, South Asian
Meet Takloo who lives in Anjarle, "a small village in the far, far west of India," not too far south of Mumbai. "If you went further west, you would be a fish in the ocean." Takloo lives with his mother and father, and his beloved...
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Rashin
20 Nov, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Iranian, Iranian American, Persian, Persian American
The text is not new: you probably recognized the kiddie tune from the title. The origin information appears on the copyright page, so you'll know immediately that "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly is a beloved children's folk song written in the...
Korean Folk Songs: Stars in the Sky and Dreams in Our Hearts by Robert Sang-Ung Choi, illustrated by SamEe Back
17 Nov, by in Audio, Children/Picture Books, Korean, Korean American, Nonfiction
Western children's songs and nursery rhymes with their upbeat tempo and easy rhythms often mask unpleasant, even frightening, scenarios: "Ring Around the Rosie" is widely considered to be a reference to England's 17th-century Great Plague, "Rock-a-bye, Baby" ends with a warning about the possibility of violent...
Our Planet by Jimi Lee
12 Nov, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean
If pictures speak a thousand words, then you've pretty much got the whole of man's modern history right here in Jimi Lee's wordless, wondrous book about our ever-changing place in our world. In the beginning, we had plants and trees. And then the building began, and the...
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illustrated by Frank Morrison
09 Nov, by in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction
Dizzy Gillespie. Billie Holiday. Quincy Jones. Duke Ellington. They're all household names, right? The list goes on: Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and so many more. So why is Melba Doretta Liston, who not only played with, but also composed and arranged music...
Fox’s Garden by Princesse Camcam
08 Nov, by in Children/Picture Books, European, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
Here's a book without words, which speaks a universal language that we all need to hear loud and clear: Be kind. Could the message be simpler? Somewhere, anywhere, on a cold wintry night made bright with snow, a single fox seeks shelter. The glow of soft...
Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly by Grace Lin
05 Nov, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers
Ling and Ting are back ...
Festival of Bones | El Festival de las Calaveras: The Little-Bitty Book for the Day of the Dead by Luis San Vicente, translated by John William Byrd and Bobby Byrd
30 Oct, by in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Translation
What? Tomorrow is Halloween? Next thing you know, turkeys will trot and oversized bearded men will be out walking the streets. Hard to believe 2014 is almost over already ! But no future-tripping! Well, just for a day, because you'll want to be ready to share...
Malala: A Brave Girl from Pakistan | Iqbal: A Brave Boy from Pakistan by Jeanette Winter
29 Oct, by in Biography, Children/Picture Books, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Pakistani, South Asian
Earlier this month, 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai made world history by becoming the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. She shares the award for 2014 with India's Kailash Satyarthi: the pair were cited "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the...
Twenty-two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo, illustrated by Jamel Akib
21 Oct, by in Bangladeshi, Biography, British Asian, Children/Picture Books, Korean American, Nonfiction
Even as a child, Muhammad Yunus recognized inequity: a story of an 8-year-old Yunus giving his meal to a hungry woman and her daughter opens multi-media author/screenwriter/television producer Paula Yoo’s latest picture book. Into this inspiring biography of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning contemporary hero, Yoo also manages to weave...
The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren, illustrated by Fabio Santomauro
14 Oct, by in Children/Picture Books, European, Jewish, Nonfiction
Sometimes, whispers can speak more loudly than any shouts and screams ...
Gustave by Rémy Simard, illustrated by Pierre Pratt, translated by Shelley Tanaka
12 Oct, by in Canadian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
As much as Gustave tends toward dark (both in illustrations and initial narrative content), it's even more so about hope ...