“Before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed,” begins the cumulative tale of Austinite Anne Wynter’s award-winning picture book, nell plants a tree. In Wynter’s story, Nell ...

Helping any child love reading -- Great books for very young children -- Great books for children four to eight -- Great books for children eight to eleven -- Great ...

Introduction / Osayimwense Osa -- The all-white world of children's books / Nancy Larrick -- African-Americans in children's literature : from stereotype to positive representation / Mary Thompson ...

Don Tate entertains families at the Forest Avenue Library with his talk about children's books on Dec. 12, 2024. Acclaimed children’s book author Don Tate is back in Iowa, reading his books out loud ...

Books have long been a cornerstone of cultural preservation and empowerment; this is especially true within the African-American community, where books created for us and by us have a history of being ...

September is Black Reading Month encourages people to read books by Black authors. The annual September is Black Reading Month observance encourages readers to explore literary works by Black authors.

Children's book writer Lesa Engelthaler was inspired by other women she met at her book readings in the Dallas area. iStockphoto / Getty Images At the close of 2024, I wrote my first children’s ...

When I read that the Booker Prize Foundation is launching a Children’s Booker Prize to “get more kids reading and increase ...

THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. CAN YOU SAY THE LETTER O? AND WHAT SOUND DOES THE LETTER A MAKE UP? THESE TWO LITTLE ONES ARE NOT IN KINDERGARTEN JUST YET, BUT THEY ARE KINDERGARTEN READY. WHAT’S SEVEN TIMES ONE ...

In 1946, an award-winning author wrote one of the first children’s books about racism. The main character was a young African American girl, a Girl Scout Brownie with pigtails. Carla Hayden, a ...