{Guest Post by Vanessa Womack} Most people know that literacy skills and positive student behaviors are important for a student to be successful. I have been an advocate for STEM or STEAM learning in schools for over 15 years, particularly for disadvantaged and students in Communities of Color. Writing the Emerald Jones book is the first...
{Guest Post By Deedee Cummings} As I write this, I am sitting across from my young son, Nick, who is Black like me. He is reading a book with no pictures and his eyes are moving fervently as he scans the pages. I wonder what he is thinking as he reads the words and absorbs the...
{Guest post from Charlotte Riggle} This year, sales and promotions are hard. There's a pandemic going on. In-person events are canceled. There are no book signings, no holiday bazaars. People are worried about their jobs, or they've already lost their jobs, so they don’t have money to spend. It's really tempting to do one of two...
{Guest Post by Jodi Murphy, Geek Club Books} Rebecca (Bex) Burgess, an illustrator and comic artist from the UK, went viral when the autistic community and educators discovered their graphic illustration, “Understanding the Spectrum.” The comic was the first of its kind to explain autism from a neurodiverse perspective AND created by an autistic artist. It’s...
When I was young, I used to go to Greek School. If I was doing a blog about 5 ways to make your kids NOT excited about another culture, my old greek school would be top of the list! I can remember sitting there in a crowded room, with a grumpy teacher, getting bored out...