Chinese New Year begins Sunday, January 22, 2022, and it’s the Year of the Rabbit! Celebrate with Maria Wen Adcock’s debut children’s book, It’s Chinese New Year, Curious George. We also have a Q&A to learn more about this Chinese New Year board book and her author journey. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If […]
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We love October for many reasons, but our favorite is that it’s Celebrating the Bilingual Child Month! According to the Migration Policy Institute, more than 11.2 million young children, or 33% of all U.S. children under the age of 9, are dual language learners. So October is a perfect time to celebrate the extraordinary contributions
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Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month occurs between September 15th and October 15th. In honor of this celebration, a list of five Hispanic/Latine authors shining bright with their publications and successes is below. Of course, it’s important to support Hispanic/Latine authors all year long, but Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month offers a great opportunity to learn about these up-and-coming writers.
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For many multilingual families, motivating our children to read in a minority language can be difficult. Making sure our children read and write, as well as speak, our home language(s) is important. However, it can sometimes feel impossible to interest our children in books in our language(s). Maybe they find the books too difficult to
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Reunion Island… a faraway island in the middle of the Indian ocean. Nina and Eve, from Nina & Eve in the Middle of the Indian Ocean adventure series, written by Irina Skibenko, travel to this picturesque and vibrant island in the 3rd book. It is located between Madagascar and Mauritius islands. While many people are
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