{Guest post By Tonya Duncan Ellis}
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
April is National Poetry Month.
Whoo-hoo!
Clearly, my poetry writing skills are lacking, but I love reading and hearing poetry.
Guest post from Language Lizard
Historically, fables often feature talking animals in a short story format that teaches a simple lesson. The most well-known creator of fables is Aesop, a Greek slave believed to have lived around 560 BC. Some of his most popular fables are “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg,” and “The Lion and the Mouse.” There are also more modern-day fables, like Dr. Seuss‘s The Lorax.
To celebrate the release of One Step Further by Katherine Johnson and her daughters Joylette Hylick and Katherine Moore, and illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow on January 5th, blogs across the web are featuring exclusive photos and stories from the life of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, plus 5 chances to win a hardcover copy!
With ONE STEP FURTHER, author Katherine Johnson shares what it was like for her daughters to be a part of her history-making path. Filled with personal reflections, exclusive family archival photos, and striking illustrations, readers will be immersed in this deeply personal portrayal of female empowerment, women in STEM, and the breaking down of race barriers across generations. Historical notes, photo/illustration notes, and a timeline put the story into a historical and modern-day context.
{Guest Post by Jesse Lewis, Music Producer, and Sound Director, at TA-DA! Language Productions}
Sound and music is a point of entry for the next generation. Just like food and diverse books, music carries language and culture for kids.
So, I noticed that when music comes on, she stops everything and stares far away.
That thousand-yard stare is usually one I see in our 4-month-old right before the diaper… uh, right before he looks at me and grins…
{Special Message from Project Manager, Becky Flansburg} We are so excited that things are rolling along beautifully for our Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021 event! Currently, we are working on wrapping up book matching for the year and are busy planning to make our annual Twitter Party even more epic than it has been in the...