In our newest post, Lee & Low’s Senior Literacy Manager, Katie Potter, offers suggestions for using diverse books to instill students’ wellbeing at various grade levels, beginning with preschool.
Continue readingNew Release: Fresh Juice and Jugo fresco
Today, we are delighted to celebrate the release of Fresh Juice and the Spanish edition Jugo fresco by Robert Liu-Trujillo!
Continue readingNEW RESOURCE: AAPI Book List
High-quality Asian American and Pacific Islander Books (AAPI) help build and affirm a child’s identity and culture. Lee & Low Books is proud to be a 100% Asian American-owned company, and we commit to publishing books by AAPI creators that illuminate America’s history of Asian American discrimination alongside books that celebrate AAPI contributions.
Our new AAPI Book List is digitally interactive, printable, and features some of our most popular award-winning AAPI titles for grades Pre-K through 12.
We’ve highlighted a few of our favorite titles from the list below. You can find all of the titles in our newly designed list here.
Continue readingUpcoming Webinar: Centering Disabilities in the Classroom
Join us for a free webinar on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 at 4:00 PM ET with Patty Cisneros Prevo, two-time Paralympic gold medalist, disability advocate, and author of Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes!
Continue readingNew Release: Tenacious: 15 Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes
Today, we are delighted to celebrate the release of Tenacious: 15 Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes by Patty Cisneros Prevo and illustrated by Dion MBD.
Continue readingMeet Lee & Low at ALA 2023
We can’t wait to see you at the American Library Association Annual Conference next week in Chicago, IL at McCormick Place! Visit us at Booth #3322 for giveaways & signings. Mark your calendars for this line-up of incredible kidlit programming, too.
Continue readingHow the Bronx Pioneered A Genre: A Guest Post by Linda J. Acevedo
In this guest post, author Linda J. Acevedo invites readers to bust a move while learning about the history of the boogie-down Bronx in her picture book debut. Breaking to the Beat has received FIVE starred reviews and is available wherever books are sold!
Continue readingNew Releases: Breaking to the Beat and The Moonlit Vine & Claro de luna
Today, we are celebrating two exciting book releases: Breaking to the Beat! by Linda J. Acevedo, illustrated by Frank Morrison and The Moonlit Vine & Claro de luna by Elizabeth Santiago!
Continue readingNEW RESOURCE: Diversity in Civics Diverse Book List
Civics and civic engagement are crucial to education and the preservation of our democracy. The key concepts of understanding how government works, engaging in and appreciating discourse and different beliefs, learning about the voting process, and working with the community are critical to students’ academic success and wellbeing. The state of civics education is in great need: students need to learn about all aspects of civics to be effective members of society.
In order to showcase our extensive collection of civics titles, Lee & Low Books is proud to announce the launch of our new Diversity in Civics Book List. The list is organized by the following categories: leadership, youth and community activism, productive and respectful debate and conversations, initiating awareness and change, principles of governments; global citizenship; and America past & present to fit all of your civics curricular needs.
Continue readingSupport the LGBTQIA+ Community for Pride Month
June is Pride month, and this year we are not only celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community, we are standing up and speaking out against hate. According to a report from the American Library Association, the number of demands to ban or restrict library materials nearly doubled in 2022. Of the 2,571 unique titles targeted for censorships, the majority were written by or about members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people of color. This cannot go ignored. This Pride month, support the LGBTQIA+ community with your voices and with your dollars.
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