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Movies for Black History Month
Movies for Black History Month While I recognize that this is a website focused on books, I want to make sure we included some movies for those readers who are more visual learners. If you prefer watching a movie to reading a book, keep reading for the best movies for...
3 Children’s Books about Black Doctors
Children's Books about Black Doctors It’s officially February, which means it’s Black History Month here in the United States! As a nurse, for me it’s also Heart Month – a month where we wear red, call attention to the causes and consequences of heart disease,...
Books about Women in Politics for Elementary Age
Books about Women in Politics for Elementary Age There are so many good choices for elementary age books about women in politics. There is still not have an equal ratio in government, but Pew Research Group reports that as of the beginning of the 118th Congress,...
Native American Children’s Books
There are so many high quality Native American children's books available, it was hard to pick my favorite 10! While there are several fun and special children's books about Native Americans (like this one), I wanted to keep this list to specifically historical...
Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda Armand and Kim Freeman
Augustus Jackson, Creator of Ice Cream as We Know It Who Invented Ice Cream? Ice Cream Man introduced us to Augustus Jackson, who was born in 1808 in the free state of Pennsylvania. He discovered a love of cooking early on in his life, and moved to the White...
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear
Gyo Fujikawa, The Japanese Disney Artist Who Drew While Her Family Was Taken to an Internment Camp Who was Gyo Fujikawa? It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear tells the story of artist Gyo Fujikawa. Gyo (pronounced like ghee-o)...
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