Lunar New Year, also called Chinese New Year or the Spring Celebration, indicates the beginning of the new year on the traditional Chinese lunar-solar calendar. The celebration is a very important...

The Declaration of Independence states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that...

Every January, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We often want to reduce Dr. King to inspiring quotes we can repost on social media, but he was so much more than an inspired...

I've been aware of Kwanzaa for years, but it wasn't until the kids and I dove into learning about other cultures that I truly understood what made the holiday special. The word Kwanzaa is Swahili for...

My kids are fascinated by the idea of a new year. "You mean, one day it is one year, and the next day it is another one?" Yep! It's pretty amazing. I love a the new year, as well. It always feels...

I have a confession: I hate winter. I don't like snow. I don't like cold weather. My kids, on the other hand...they LOVE winter. As soon as Thanksgiving is over, they're checking for snowflakes...

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Asia is a huge continent of over 4.55 billion people, living in 48 different countries and representing even more cultures, religions, and languages. And yet, when many white Americans hear the word...

Kids LOVE graphic novels. They can’t get enough of them. In my 5th grade classroom, graphic novels were always the most popular books in the library. Many kids would reread their favorite ones over...

According to the American Library Association, in 2020, 273 books were targeted for censorship in public libraries, schools, and universities. Censorship can take many forms, including removal from a...

Families come in all shapes and sizes, with all kinds of genders and ages of people. However, for many years, the families we saw represented in children's books were all the same: a mom and a dad,...

As I've worked on this list, I've watched states all over the U.S. pass and sign laws that target transgender children. In some cases, trans children are being kept from playing on the sports teams...