nonfiction for kids
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Immigration and the Refugee Experience Presented in Comics for Kids and Young Adults
Comics can be an effective gateway toward empathy and understanding. Both fiction and non-fiction comics can help the reader visualize and develop context for a wide variety of human experience. Here are a few comics which may help younger readers learn about the lives and experiences of refugees and immigrants. Continue reading
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Librarian suggestions for kids’ summer reading
Just before school ended earlier this month, our children’s librarians were out “school visiting” to promote summer reading. In addition to information about joining our Summer Reading Program, children in our local elementary schools hear their neighborhood libraries do a show-and-tell style of talking about great books. You can find various neighborhood and school book suggestion… Continue reading
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Come on, try this at home!
Not every child comes with a compelling drive to sit with the latest 400-page blockbuster novel. This, in no way, implies that such a child is not a reader. It just means that she might look beyond fiction books for her particular fun. And this lucky child will find countless opportunities for exploration in the… Continue reading