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Category: #ReadingRocks

A series of posts about how to help all kids discover the awesomeness that is reading.

Around the World in 6 Books: Celebrating International Perspectives for Young Readers

Celebrate diverse cultures by introducing authors and illustrators from other countries, expanding cultural knowledge and intercultural understandings, and promoting respect for diverse cultures. Rather than privileging white voices and Western values (heterosexuality, Christianity; maleness, whiteness etc.), we should purposefully look for and prioritize “othered” voices, opinions, perspectives, and stories and add them to our bookshelves (Cooke, 2020). International books can give… Read more →

Top Picks: 8 International Children’s Books

Expand readers’ experiences, knowledge, and perspectives with international children’s books. These books from around the world promote international understandings and feature a character from another country, take place in another country, or are written by an author from another country. International picture books celebrate diverse cultures by introducing authors and illustrators from other countries, expanding cultural knowledge and intercultural understandings,… Read more →

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Top Picks: 6 International Children’s Picture Books

If you’re looking for books that have potential to expand readers’ experiences, knowledge, and perspectives, consider international books! International books fit any of these categories: feature a character from another country take place in another country are written by an author from another country promote international understanding International picture books celebrate diverse cultures by introducing authors and illustrators from other… Read more →