Whew! January has been a wild month filled with family, friends, and field trips! I’m taking a little break from packing. I need to be at the airport before 5 a.m. for my trip to Nicaragua. I will be helping to set up a school with Students International. My children have all traveled and worked […]
Multicultural Children's Books
#ReadYourWorld on Multicultural Children’s Book Day!
It is time to celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day! All children need to see children like themselves in the pages of a book. It is also important for all children to learn about children who live in other places, speak different languages, look different, or have different challenges to face. Reading opens the world to […]
Z is for Zambia
Z – Can it be? Yes, we’ve reached the end of the alphabet in the 2015 A to Z April Blog Challenge. As a kindergarten teacher, I know what a big deal it is when we reach the letter Z. It is also a big deal for all the A to Z Blog challengers. Here […]
X is for Xian
We are nearing the end of the A to Z April Blog Challenge where my theme is Read Your World with Kid’s Books. Today’s letter is X which was the one I was most worried about. There are not many places that begin with the letter X and those that do don’t seem to have […]
V is for Vietnam
V is for Vietnam Forty years ago this week United States troops pulled out of Vietnam. There will be many articles, news reports, and ceremonies commemorating this historical event. It is only fitting that during this A to Z Blog Challenge week, we look back and reflect on how this event affected the refugees that […]
U is for Uganda
When I traveled to Africa, I learned how livestock ownership could change a family’s life. A donkey can serve as a taxi or means to haul water. Chickens give eggs that can be eaten or sold. A goat can enable a girl to get an education. This is the premise for Beatrice’s Goat by Page […]
T is for Thailand on the A-z Blog Challenge “Read Your World”
We are heading into the home stretch on this year’s A to Z April Blog Challenge. I feel like I’ve really been traveling as I’ve visited many places via books. I’ve met other bloggers and am enjoying the sense of camaraderie with other challenge participants. Today I could have booked it to Tanzania, Turkey, or […]
S is for San Diego our next stop on the A-Z April Blog Challenge Read Your World
Happy Earth Day! I hope you will have a chance to be outside and enjoy this beautiful spring day. It is very fitting that today’s stop on the A-Z blog challenge is S because that means we get to visit one of my favorite cities. The book I’d like to share today not only celebrates […]
R is for Russia A-Z blog challenge Read Your World
R is for Russia so that’s the next stop on the A to Z April Blog Challenge where we are Reading the World with kid’s books. In college I majored in geography with a minor in comparative literature because I wanted to learn about the world and the people who inhabit different geographical locations. The […]
Q is for Quebec – another stop on the A-Z April Blog Challenge – Read Your World
We had a thrilling time in Paris and so now it’s on to Quebec where French is also spoken. I feel like I’m cheating a bit in this blog challenge. There are not many places that begin with the letter Q. I found no books about Qatar and the only book I could find about […]
P is for Paris and an interview with author Evelyne Holingue
P is for Paris, today’s destination on the A to Z April Blog Challenge where my theme is Read Your World with Kid’s Books. Trapped in Paris written by Evelyne Holingue Young adult fiction Do you remember when the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano erupted in Iceland in 2010? Air travel was suspended thousands of people had to rearrange […]
N is for Norway – the next stop on the A to Z Read Your World Blog Challenge
N is for Norway and that’s where we’re heading today. The Christmas Wish by Lori Evert (author) and Per Breiehagen (photographer) featuring their daughter, Anja Random House Children’s Books:2013 picture book ages 2-7 I read The Christmas Wish to a group of kindergartners today and they were mesmerized from start to finish. I was too […]
M is for Mexico A to Z Blog Challenge Read the World
Today let’s head south of the U.S. border and visit Mexico as we read the world for the A to Z April Blog Challenge. Here in the United States we are so close geographically to Mexico but unfortunately, so many people know very little about this beautiful country. Off We Go to Mexico! An Adventure in the […]
K is for Korea another stop on the A to Z Read Your World Blog Challenge
The Korean Cinderella by Shirley Climo (Author), Ruth Heller (Illustrator) picture book ages 4-9 Today a Field Trip Life is off to old Korea before it was divided into North and South. We have stacks of books set in Korea and I asked my daughter which one I should write about. She chose The Korean Cinderella saying it […]
I is for India – Reading the World from A to Z April Blog Challenge
Well, globe trotters, let’s zoom on over to India and read: Finders Keepers? A True Story in India By Robert Arnett (author) and Smita Turakhia (illustrator) Picture book ages 5 – adult Author Robert Arnett is a frequent traveler to India. In fact, he has written a travel guide called India Unveiled. In Finders Keepers, he writes […]