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A Request, a Recommendation, and a Bit of Writing

The World’s First Explor-a-Storium has a request. I have a recomendación. (Oh, and I did some writing.)

FamilyEmily AkinsOctober 16, 2020kids, kidsbooks, bilingual, bilingual kids, rabbit hole, therabbitholeComment

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

World Mental Health Day

Every day is a good day to think about mental health - for kids and adults alike.

Book ListsEmily AkinsOctober 10, 2018mentalhealth, mentalhealthawareness, booklist, kidsbooks, children's books, children's lit, kids Comment

RBG and Mr Rogers

What do Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Fred Rogers have in common? So much more than I’d realized.

FamilyEmily AkinsAugust 21, 2018rbg, ruth bader ginsburg, parenting, won't you be my neighbor, mr rogers, fred rogers, kids, kids books, kidsbooks Comments

Empathy

Empathy has become the answer to so many difficult questions. This book helps me see it so clearly.

Book BenefitsEmily AkinsJune 25, 2018empathy, kidlit, kidsbooks, kids books, kids, childrenslit, children's picture books, children's books, children's literature, The Rabbit Listened, Cori Doerrfeld, brene brown, compassionComment

Book Finding

I love finding books for kids in unexpected places. (And I don’t mean like when my kids hide their books in their pillows. Though I do like that, too.)