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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

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

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

#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

Home from Podcast Movement

I am so glad I was able to attend Podcast Movement 2018. Am I ready to take the plunge?

ResearchEmily AkinsJuly 30, 2018maurice sendak, podcast movement, podcast movement 2018, pm18, kid lit, kids books, kidlitpodcast, terri gross, edison research, podcast, podcasting Comment

Souvenirs and a Sense of Place

I was already buying this book before I realized just how keenly its narrative reflects San Antonio.

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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.)