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Black-owned bookstores with a focus on KIDLIT

ResourcesEmily AkinsJune 15, 2020black owned businesses, black lives matter, blacklivesmatter, kidlit, kidsbooks, children's lit, children's literature, children's books, children's picture booksComment

Bag-tivities

The secret to keeping my kids busy while I WFH is … a bunch of grocery sacks and a Sharpie.

FamilyEmily AkinsApril 1, 2020bagtivities, coronavirus, quarantine, work from home, stay home orders, staying home, kids at home, working from home with kids, kidlit, kidlitquarantineComment

Kids in the Time of Coronavirus

Here’s how we’re managing things during social distancing at this … “unprecedented” time.

FamilyEmily AkinsMarch 19, 2020kids books, kids, kidlit, kansas city, coronavirus, social distancing, covid19, quarantine, online resources Comment

Indigenous People's Day

Here are just a few of the books that I’m going to use to help my kids get a more accurate story of this land’s history and a more authentic understanding of native americans of today.

Book ListsEmily AkinsOctober 8, 2018americanindiansinchildrensliterature, kidlit, kidlitlove, children'slit, children's picture books, children's books, picture booksComment

The Amazing World of Dr Seuss

Dr Seuss, aka Theodore Geisel, was endlessly creative.

ResearchEmily AkinsSeptember 28, 2018dr seuss, seuss, kidlit, children's lit, children's literature, kidsbooks, kids books, theodore geiselComment

The Carle and More

5 cities in 5 days. Were we crazy? Yes. Yes we were.

ResearchEmily AkinsSeptember 28, 2018kidlitlove, kidlit, seuss, dr seuss, eric carle, the carle, the eric carle museum of picture book art, picture, child, children's picture books, children'slite, children'slitComment

Top Ten(-ish) Favorite Picture Books

I didn’t think I could do it but I narrowed down my favorite picture books to ten. Kind of.

Book ListsEmily AkinsSeptember 6, 2018kidlit, kid lit, kidlitlove, picture books, children's boks, children's picture books, children's literature, children's books Comment

#NationalBookLoversDay

Today is National Book Lovers Day. (Remind me again how that’s different from every other day of my life?) Here’s a very quick story about one book I love - a picture book that always makes me cry.

Emily AkinsAugust 9, 2018nationalbookloversday, book love, national book lovers day, you've got mail, knots on a counting rope, scbwi, love actually, kidlit, kids books, kidsbooks, heart, heartsComment