Across Berkeley, students, teachers and families are joining this year's Berkeley Mock Newbery Book Clubs . Every elementary school has ...

Personal stories, especially picture books, have an incredible power to open readers' hearts. In her beautiful new book Wishes , Mượn Th...

How do our children navigate feeling caught between two cultures, two groups of friends, two identities? In the new novel-in-verse  Red, Whi...

As California's skies fill with smoke and our forests burn, I wonder how you talk with children about wildfires and other natural disast...

Environmental issues impact and threaten our lives in so many ways--from raging fires to supersize storms. Here are six novels that tackle s...

Attention comic book lovers: come explore a 19th century California logging camp and listen to a young Chinese girl spin stories and tall ta...

As a child, I often felt alone, trying to figure out the world--I think that's why orphans appeal to young readers so much. Queen of the...

If you're looking for great comic books and graphic novels to share with kids, definitely check out the Eisner Awards, the most prestigi...

Getting packages at camp is great. My niece & nephews (ages 8-11) are away at camp for a month, so I just sent them a care package with ...

As we celebrate Black History, it is crucial we include many people's stories, not just the ones we know well. When our students study C...

"Bro! This is actually kinda cool -- all about the artists who shaped hip hop. Oh, it rhymes! Is this supposed to be a song? a rap? ...

It is essential that we teach Black History throughout the year, especially celebrating Black History Month in February. And yet, do we stop...

As we get ready to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I want to share a powerful new book about his work. Alice Fay Duncan's pow...

Graphic novels have hooked many kids on reading. Kids find their favorites, reading them again and again, but I also love to encourage my st...

We all like doing the things we have fun with. Psychoanalysts might call this the "Pleasure Principle," but I call it common sense...