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Awards, Book News, Educator Resources, General

William Penn Foundation Chooses Lee & Low Books as Publisher for the Early Childhood Book Challenge

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Early Childhood Book Challenge

In a groundbreaking initiative funded by William Penn Foundation, OpenIDEO launched the Early Childhood Book Challenge earlier this year seeking an original story for children ages 0 to 3 celebrating literacy and inspiring adults on how to support early language development. A committee of literacy and family engagement experts selected I’ll Build You a Bookcase by Jean Ciborowski Fahey as the winner.

We are thrilled to announce Lee & Low Books was chosen as the publisher to be a part of this endeavor.

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Book Lists by Topic, Diversity, Educator Resources, General

Watch the Webinar: Using Children’s Books to Approach Trauma-Informed Education

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Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for our webinar, “Using Children’s Books to Approach Trauma-Informed Education”. If you missed it live, or just want to watch it again, here is a recording of the webinar:

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Diversity, Diversity, Race, and Representation, Educator Resources, General, Guest Blogger Post

The Importance of Diversity in Leveled Readers & Reading Recovery®

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In this guest blog post, Dr. Lisa Pinkerton, the Marie Clay Endowed Chair in Reading Recovery® and Early Literacy at The Ohio State University, discusses the importance of expanding diverse stories for young readers in Reading Recovery®. 

I have long admired Lee & Low Books and their mission to publish contemporary diverse stories that all children can enjoy. As a Reading Recovery® trainer, imagine my delight to discover that Lee & Low Books is now on the RRCNA booklist!

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Book Lists by Topic, Diversity, Educator Resources, General

Social Activism Books for Fourth Grade

Books can encourage kids of all ages to enact change in their communities. Because it’s never too early to make a difference, we’ll be sharing a list of social activism books for each grade level. Check out our social activism book roundup for fourth grade below and for more social activism titles, check out our full printable Social Activism Diverse Reading List!

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Book News, Educator Resources

Reading Recovery® Bebop Books Collection for your Classroom Library

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Reading Recovery® Bebop Books Levels are in—Just In Time for Back to School Orders!

Lee & Low Books is proud to be the nation’s largest publisher of multicultural children’s books. With the launch of our new Reading Recovery® Bebop Books collection, schools across the country will now be able to bring more equity, inclusion, and diversity into their classroom libraries.

Reading Recovery® is an early intervention program for first-grade children. All texts submitted must go through a rigorous research-based process and only titles of the highest-quality are selected.

We are honored to have our Bebop titles accepted for the book list, and ensure even more access to scores of authentic, culturally responsive, contemporary books at the levels students need.

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Book Lists by Topic, Diversity, Diversity, Race, and Representation, Educator Resources, General

Diverse Summer Reading Recommendations for Grades 6-8

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Summer Reading List

We’re closing out our Summer Reading “For Fans Of” series with our last age group, grades 6 to 8! In our last post, we posed some questions that could ask to get kids thinking across their texts to keep their brains energized during the summer. Additional questions and probes are listed below:

  • How did the authors use symbolism in their books? What were some of the symbols in the two books? Did they relate in any way? Why or why not?
  • Did the main characters change over the course of the books? How?
  • What big lesson did you learn from this book? How did that impact you?

See our Diverse Summer Reading List for the full list of titles from grades PreK to grade 8. Continue reading →

Book Lists by Topic, Diversity, Educator Resources

Watch the Webinar: LGBTQ+ Children’s Books

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Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for our webinar, “LGBTQ+ Children’s Books: A Conversation with Authors.” If you missed it live, or just want to watch it again, here is a recording of the webinar:

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Book Lists by Topic, Diversity, Educator Resources

Social Activism Books for Third Grade

Books can encourage kids of all ages to enact change in their communities. Because it’s never too early to make a difference, we’ll be sharing a list of social activism books for each grade level. Check out our social activism book roundup for third grade below and for more social activism titles, check out our full printable Social Activism Diverse Reading List!

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Diversity, Diversity, Race, and Representation, Educator Resources, Guest Blogger Post

Teaching My Kindergarten Class about the Refugee Experience

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In this guest post, Rona K. Wolfe, Junior Kindergarten Teacher at the Milwaukee Jewish Day School, explores methods of teaching her kindergarten students about the experiences of refugees around the world.

Rethinking

As a kindergarten teacher, I wanted to expose my students to global experiences. What does that look like in a class with our youngest students? After careful thought, I wanted the young children in my class at the Milwaukee Jewish Day School to learn about the difficulties and experiences of refugees living in our community.

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Book Lists by Topic, Diversity, Diversity, Race, and Representation, Educator Resources, General

Social Activism Books for Second Grade

Books can encourage kids of all ages to enact change in their communities. Because it’s never too early to make a difference, we’ll be sharing a list of social activism books for each grade level. Check out our social activism book roundup for second grade below and for more social activism titles, check out our full printable Social Activism Diverse Reading List!

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