September 2019

Picture Books Celebrating Emotional Intelligence in the Face of Adult Sadness

By / Lantana Publishing, Pajama Press, picture books, Tiny Owl, translation

A recent and welcome mini-trend we’re seeing is the art of featuring children who recognize and respond appropriately to adult sadness.  Since virtually all small children do have significant adults in their lives and since all of us as humans of any age sometimes experience sadness, the real life reality is that kids do see adults …

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The Southern Hemisphere and Beyond in World Kid Lit

By / Gecko Press, NubeOcho, Tiny Owl, translation, WorldKidLit Month

This is the fourth in a series of four posts with which we ask you to join us in celebrating World Turning to the Southern Hemisphere to explore new books for World Kid Lit Month, we have to start with Gecko Press, New Zealand’s award-winning children’s publisher.  It seems fitting, for the theme here, to give …

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World Kid Lit Month and the Richly Diverse Northern Hemisphere

By / #OwnVoices, awards, board books, Child's Play, Floris Books, National Council for the Social Studies, picture books, Tiger Tales Books, Tilbury House, translation, What On Earth, WorldKidLit Month

This is the third in a series of four posts with which we ask you to join us in celebrating World Kid Lit Month (#WorldKidLit on social media). As we continue our month-long celebration of international kids’ publishers and some of their newest books, we find the Northern Hemisphere overflowing with delights to discover. We’ve …

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World Kid Lit Month Picks from the Western Hemisphere

By / #OwnVoices, Aesop Award, audiobooks, Barefoot Books, Inhabit Media, Live Oak Media, Pajama Press, picture books, TOON Books, WorldKidLit Month

This is the second in a series of four posts with which we ask you to join us in celebrating World Kid Lit Month (#WorldKidLit on social media). As we continue to celebrate World Kid Lit Month with a cavalcade of kids’ books from international publishers, we make our next stop in the Western Hemisphere, …

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Grandparents Day Picks for Intergenerational Reading

By / Cassava Republic, Gecko Press, Grandparents Day, Lantana Publishing, Pajama Press, picture books, Tiger Tales Books, Twitter chat

Happy Grandparents Day! Whether your young readers’ grandparent(s) can be visited on a daily basis or seen in person only on rare occasions, there are books they can share that celebrate their relationship. Here are some of our recent favorites: The Tide, by Clare Helen Welsh and illustrated by Ashling Lindsay, from Tiger Tales Books, offers …

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Turning to the East(ern) Hemisphere for World Kid Lit Month

By / Cassava Republic, Cicada Books, Karadi Tales, Lantana Publishing, WorldKidLit Month

This is the first in a series of four posts with which we ask you to join us in celebrating World Kid Lit Month (#WorldKidLit on social media). In German Calendar No December, from Cassava Republic Press, Sylvia Ofili and Birgit Weyhe combine talents to take us into the life a small town Nigerian girl …

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