Children's Book Recs

[barcelonagirl]

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1580894046/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=KT9E3H7Y88TESXWYDEK2

Lola Reads to Leo is sibling related.

[andwhat]

H's BFF is a black history professor. He always buys DD black related gifts. I love it.

Are there any good black history books for toddlers? A pic came up on FB of Fredrick Douglass because yesterday was the day he escaped from slavery and it was DD's birthday. So she was asking me questions but I didn't know how to explain him to a toddler. And when I tried it just led to more questions.

[borinquen57]

I checked this out from our library for my DDs (4 and 19 mos) not too long ago. It explained equality in very simple terms.

www.amazon.com/Two-Friends-Anthony-Frederick-Douglass/dp/0545399963

[thejackpot]

I have a feeling this thread is going to be bad for my wallet.

[thejackpot]

Sept 4, 2016 18:36:42 GMT -5 @natariru said:

Sept 4, 2016 18:02:17 GMT -5 thejackpot said:

I have a feeling this thread is going to be bad for my wallet.

I buy most of S & J's books from the "used" section of Amazon. You can still use Prime for some of them and they are usually around or less than $4. Our books are very well loved, lol. S sleeps with 3-4 of them in his bed every night

Cool. I didn't even think of that for books for my kids! You wise woman you, thanks!

[orangeblossom]

www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcinnis/black-history-picture-books?utm_term=.jdkK5EEXj#.cvw5eaaEv

[dr.girlfriend]

it's not black history, but it's a beautiful little book with a black protagonist:

[auroraloo]

I don't go here, and I apologize if this is an intrusion. I saw this thread pop up on the recent posts and my librarian heart clicked automatically. I just wanted to drop this link, the movement "We Need Diverse Books" has lists of resources, including reading lists, and a link list where you can find books that represent POC and other groups underrepresented in literature.

weneeddiversebooks.org/where-to-find-diverse-books/

Again, apologize for the intrusion, hope this helps someone.

[anna7602]

I just posted this info in one of the MMM threads and am xping here in a slightly different context. DD and I are reading a book right now by this year's Pura Belpré award winner. It's not the book that won the award, but I highly recommend it to the MOOKs. it's the story, in verse, of one of Cuba's leading Abolitionists. It's called "The Lightning Dreamer" and I've been gushing about it since we picked it up earlier in the week. More info on the award and award winners is below.

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The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate.

More info & info on this year's winner: www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal

Past winners are all listed here: www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belprepast

[EnchantedSoul]

I am Children's Book obsessed. I actually hope to write a few, eventually. A good website is
www.thebrownbookshelf.com

Also, I just love this book.

[anna7602]

EnchantedSoul, did you mean thebrownbookshelf.com/? When I clicked your link above, it didn't work, so I did a google search.

[EnchantedSoul]

Sept 15, 2016 13:09:44 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

EnchantedSoul, did you mean thebrownbookshelf.com/? When I clicked your link above, it didn't work, so I did a google search.

Yes! Thank you, I'll fix it.

[dr.girlfriend]

Sept 4, 2016 17:59:07 GMT -5 socratic said:

These are really good

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1943169020/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473029837&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=jaden+touissant

These look so cute!  I just bought books 1 & 2.  :-)
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[andwhat]

oh @natariru I didn't know those were books you were willing to get US through your work. I will take anything you can get your hands on. Thanks.

[sweetday]

Sept 17, 2016 12:16:51 GMT -5 andwhat said:

oh @natariru I didn't know those were books you were willing to get US through your work. I will take anything you can get your hands on. Thanks.

Ditto

[bimbi284]

I am currently working my way down a rabbit hole of toddler/childrens' books because I wanna get my nephew something semi useful (and portable!) for my trip to BCN for his first b-day.

A lot of these he may be too young for now, but I want him to have a nice little library started, courtesy of his Titi Bimbi.

I am thinking of getting the A is for Activist (thanks for recommending that, @natariru,! You are to blame for this, rabbit hole btw, lol) in both English and Spanish.

Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates

I can't not get him some Juan Bobo stories, so Juan Bobo and the Pig and Juan Bobo Goes to Work are on the list.

And some other PR/Latinx related books/stories I am considering:

Under the Mambo Moon

Shake it, Morena! And other Folklore from Puerto Rico

There's a Coqui in my Shoe

Everywhere Coquis!/En dondequiera Coquis!

The Coqui and the Iguana

The Golden Flower

I Love to Sleep

On This Beautiful Island

[bimbi284]

Sharing in this thread:

www.niahouse.org/blog-fulton/2016/11/3/40-childrens-books-about-human-rights-social-justice

[bugandbibs]

Thank you to all who posted links. I've got a great list going for Christmas.