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Michelle Obama & Su Dongpo: A Character Analysis with Bloom’s Taxonomy
Jill Eisenberg, our Resident Literacy Expert, began her career teaching English as a Foreign Language to second through sixth graders in Yilan, Taiwan as a Fulbright Fellow. She went on to become a...
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Eight Ways to Help Students Remember that Books are Fabulous
Jill Eisenberg, our Resident Literacy Expert, began her career teaching English as a Foreign Language to second through sixth graders in Yilan, Taiwan as a Fulbright Fellow. She went on to become a...
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Resources For Teaching About Wangari Maathai and Seeds Of Change
Jill Eisenberg, our Resident Literacy Expert, began her career teaching English as a Foreign Language to second through sixth graders in Yilan, Taiwan as a Fulbright Fellow. She went on to become a...
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Beyond “Did you know…”: Teaching Geo-Literacy Using the Vanishing Cultures...
Jill Eisenberg, our Resident Literacy Expert, began her career teaching English as a Foreign Language to second through sixth graders in Yilan, Taiwan as a Fulbright Fellow. She went on to become a...
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Where In The World: How One Class Used Google Maps to Explore the Vanishing...
Throughout April, we are exploring how Jan Reynolds’ Vanishing Cultures series can be used in the classroom to teach about the environment, geo-literacy, global citizenship, and nonfiction. Today, we...
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Poetry Friday: “Broadway Moon” from A Full Moon is Rising
Marilyn Singer is the author of more than one hundred children’s books, including many poetry collections. Her works have won numerous honors, including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor and...
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Upcoming Releases from SHEN’S BOOKS
In case you haven’t heard, we acquired SHEN’S BOOKS last winter, and we couldn’t be more excited! Shen’s Books published great children’s books emphasizing cultural diversity and tolerance, with a...
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Book List: Picture Books about Muslim or Middle Eastern Characters
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been a lot of talk lately about the need for more diversity in books. We already know that the population of the United States is rapidly changing, and people have...
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Announcing Our Newest Reprints from Children’s Book Press
We pride ourselves on publishing diverse children’s books that feature characters and cultures from around the world. In 2012, we expanded when we acquired Children’s Book Press, an award-winning...
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Book and Activity Suggestions to Match Your Summer Adventure: Beaches!
Each week this summer, we are pairing Lee & Low titles to your favorite summer destinations with fun activities! Our motto this summer: Love Books + Keep Cool + Learn Something New Your summer...
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Book and Activity Suggestions to Match Your Summer Adventure: National and...
Grab a flashlight, bug repellent, and binoculars… Each week this summer, we are pairing Lee & Low titles to your favorite summer destinations with fun activities! Your summer outing: national or...
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Book and Activity Suggestions to Match Your Summer Adventure: Outdoor Summer...
I and I Bob Marley Each week this summer, we are pairing Lee & Low titles to your favorite summer destinations with fun activities! Summer is an incredible time to hear and enjoy music. From public...
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Talking to Kids about Current Events and Conflicts
Breaking stories, developing crises, and unexpected catastrophes often involve more than one country, community, and culture. As our children listen in to the radio while stuck in traffic or the...
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11 Books on Latin American Immigration and Migration
As media coverage has intensified around the events of children crossing the U.S. border, many educators and families are wondering, “What should we tell our students?” For some children, this may be...
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11 Educator Resources for Teaching Children About Latin American Immigration...
What an amazing week to see the response of last Sunday’s post and hear what many of you are facing, doing, and aspiring to in schools and communities. In addition to using children’s books to initiate...
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Character Education, Part 1: How To Choose Books For Core Value Study
As we cluster in workshops, around webinars, and near the water cooler, we are already thinking about and preparing what skills and knowledge we want to teach. Yet, to truly have a successful year,...
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Character Education, Part 2: How to Teach Core Values To Kids Meaningfully
Last week, we looked at how to pick significant books to teach the core values that will guide our classrooms and school communities for the coming year. In addition to having the right books with...
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7 Strategies to Help Booksellers and Librarians Navigate Lexile
I highly recommend all educators and parents read a bookseller’s perspective on leveling systems, Lexile in this case, which we re-posted on our blog last week. There are great firsthand examples of...
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Three New Picture Books from Lee & Low Books
The temperature has already started to drop and we’re seeing Halloween candy popping up in the grocery stores, so that means a new batch of books for the fall season! Here are three new picture books...
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8 Strategies For Educators To Explain Lexile and Invest Stakeholders
What happens when there is a lack of or break down in communication between stakeholders about the tools used to assess children’s reading? One bookseller shared her experience when parents,...
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