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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

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

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

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

Souvenirs and a Sense of Place

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

FamilyEmily AkinsJune 29, 2018kidlit, childrensbook, children's picture books, children's books, children's literature, kidlitlove, kidsbooks, san antonio, travel, books as souvenirs, kids books, all around us, xelena gonzalez, adriana m garcia Comment

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