March has been set apart in the United States to celebrate women’s history month! According to the Library of Congress, Women's History Month honors and celebrates the struggles and achievements of American women throughout the history of the United States. American women have fought throughout our history to gain rights not simply for themselves, but...
Ramadan Mubarak! Observed by Muslims worldwide, Ramadan is a sacred month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. Ramadan remembers the month the Islamic holy book, the Qur’an, was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam and lasts from one sighting of the crescent moon to...
Happy Valentine’s Day! Every year on February 14th, people around the world celebrate love. It is also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine. This is because the origins of the holiday date back to the 3rd century in Rome where a priest named Valentine was imprisoned and eventually martyred. Saint Valentine...
[ez-toc] Celebrating Read Your World Day: A Global Community United by Diverse KidLit Last week, we celebrated Read Your World Day virtually, bringing together an incredible community of book lovers, authors, educators, and advocates. I’m still walking on a cloud, feeling an overwhelming sense of hope and gratitude for being part of something so much bigger than...
Our deepest gratitude to our funder, The Village Bank. Their generous grant allowed us to deliver 25 diverse book packages to teachers in Newton and Waltham. It was especially gratifying for us to be able to fulfill the request for bilingual books in Spanish, Arabic, French Creole, Portuguese, and Mandarin for a preschool in Waltham that...
