SUMMER READING HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED! (*begins to dance*) The theme for Summer Reading is “Imagine Your Story”, and we’re so excited to share with you some of our favorite fairy tales and folk tales! But, I realized today, that we shouldn’t just read the amazing stories written by those who imagined their stories, but we…
According to the United Nations, “[e]very minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror” and among these people are refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced person, stateless persons, and returnees (https://www.un.org/en/observances/refugee-day). On Saturday, June 20, 2020 we are celebrating them by highlighting children’s books for World Refugee Day. As we keep pushing…
“Los límites del derecho a la libertad de expresión, tal como decíamos, comienzan a hacerse obvios en el transcurrir de los años 1960 y de los 1970 con la propagación y consolidación de los medios de comunicación de masas (sobre todo la televisión), que revolucionaron las dimensiones del fenómeno comunicacional y evidenciaron su inclinación multidireccional: no se es libre sólo emitiendo información sino también buscando, recibiendo y compartiéndola.” (L. Daudén)
by Charles Cramer and Kim Grant
Watch Ms. Mary’s Bedtime Storytime here and here! 1) Richard Scarry’s Bedtime Stories by Richard Scarry 2) Sweet Dreams by Rose A. Lewis 3) The Goodnight Train by June Sobel 4) Bedtime for Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 5) The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson 6) I Love You Too! By Michael…
For years to decades, centuries to generations, racism has been a problem that plagues the world. It is important for children to understand at an early age that racism should not be tolerated, and that while it most significantly impacts black communities, indigenous populations and other people of color, it is an issue that everyone…
