Category Archives: Holidays

Poetry Friday: Tony Medina on Pablo Neruda’s “To Wash a Child”

April 26, 2013 – 12:33 pm

Poet and Howard University Professor Tony Medina shares thoughts on his favorite poem, Pablo Neruda’s “To Wash a Child”

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Poetry Friday: Marilyn Singer’s Favorite Poems

April 19, 2013 – 9:30 am

Poet Marilyn Singer shares a few of her favorite poems for National Poetry Month.

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Holocaust Picture Books: An Annotated List

April 8, 2013 – 11:38 am

An annotated list of recommended picture books about the Holocaust by Keith Schoch of http://teachwithpicturebooks.blogspot.com.

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Poetry Friday: What is a haiku?

April 5, 2013 – 1:09 pm

What are haiku? Author Matthew Gollub explains what defines the haiku poetry form.

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Introducing the Holocaust to Children Through Books

April 4, 2013 – 12:29 pm

Marcia Vaughan, author of IRENA’S JARS OF SECRETS, shares her thoughts on how to talk to children about the Holocaust using books.

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What does Passover celebrate?

March 25, 2013 – 12:53 pm

An explanation of what Passover celebrates, and some recommended resources for teaching young people about slavery and freedom.

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Women in Professional Baseball: “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”

March 21, 2013 – 11:31 am

Should women be allowed to play professional baseball? Author Crystal Hubbard argues YES.

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Spring into Multicultural Children’s Books!

March 20, 2013 – 11:02 am

A poem and image from the book “Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems” to celebrate the first day of spring.

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“Board” of Women? Our roundup of Women’s History Month books

March 8, 2013 – 1:29 pm

Recommendations of great books for Women’s History Month, with a focus on women of color

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Black History Month: Why Remember Florence “Baby Flo” Mills?

February 21, 2013 – 10:49 am

Everyone knows Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr., but there are many other African Americans who have contributed to the rich fabric of our country but whose names have fallen through the cracks of history. We’ve asked some of our authors who chose to write biographies of these talented leaders why we should remember […]

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