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Review: New Picture Book Proves All Names Are Beautiful

My name is Elena and it is pronounced EE-LAY-NA. But sometimes in school during the first few weeks, or when

A lot of people have heard of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats – but besides his most popular

Note from Elena: 12-year-old Frances M. loves books a lot! A few weeks ago, she reviewed Ella Enchanted. Now, she’s

If you spend a lot of time with your dad, you might like this book by actor and singer Will

Today is Juneteenth, or June 19th. The day in 1865 that all black people who were enslaved in America were

What would you do if all of your crayons wrote you letters saying that they were going on strike? Purple

I am excited to be interviewing my cousin, fellow book lover, Fletcher A. Davis. He is a life skills coach

“We all bleed the sameSo tell me why, tell me whyWe’re divided.” Those lyrics from the song “Bleed The Same”

Today is Loving Day, the day we celebrate when the U.S. Supreme Court decided interracial marriage would be allowed. It

Olympic Bronze Medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali artfully write The Proudest Blue about hijabs, and being proud of who