Summer Edward

WOW Stories — Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures School (FACTS) is a community-oriented public K-8 charter school located in Chinatown North, Philadelphia. It is an immigrant-focused Charter school with a predominantly Asian-American student body (Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Cambodian, Laotian and Hmong heritage). Many of the students are English Language Learners (ELLs). African-American, Latino and white students are in the minority, comprising 29 percent of the student body. The school places a high emphasis on diversity and cultural exchange, with a curriculum that emphasizes folk arts education and connections to ethnic and home culture.

Independent Publishers Guild Official Blog — We founded Anansesem in 2010 to fill a big gap in children’s and young adult (YA) books. There were—and are—no other English-language publications devoted to Caribbean children’s and YA literature, and we set out to provide a platform for it. We publish, review and highlight talented Caribbean writers and illustrators of books for young people, and act as a forum for discussions about publishing from the region. The magazine is run by Caribbean people, so our coverage is culturally grounded and authoritative.

Kirkus Reviews — These are some of the gems that captured our imaginations and consoled our hearts in 2021.

Kirkus Reviews — Coming attractions: A sampling of picture books and middle-grade titles coming to readers this year.

Kirkus Reviews — These holiday books for children affirm that time of year when the whole world agrees to dream together.

Kirkus Reviews — Picture books by Carole Boston Weatherford, M.O. Yuksel, Raynelda A. Calderón, and others are perfect for Women's History Month.

Kirkus Reviews — Here are four delightful books from around the globe that remind us that childhood is an end in itself.

Kirkus Reviews — We need an ever expanding passel of books that uplift Caribbean kids and their cultures.

Kirkus Reviews — The publishing industry must be prepared to enter into open-hearted, respectful conversation with Black people's cosmology.

Kirkus Reviews — In many of the world's traditions, the beginning of the new year has long been set apart as a time of repose.