The Diné, or Navajo People, welcome a baby into their community by celebrating the baby’s first laugh. As part of the celebration, the baby often receives a special gift of turquoise, and the meal might include rock salt, symbolizing a connection with the earth. Who gets to host this celebration? The person who first made the baby laugh!  To celebrate 2022 Native American Heritage Month, you can read more about the Diné first laugh celebration and the traditions and experiences of other Indigenous Americans in the books below: Read More

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month in 2022 by checking out the books on Jazzy’s new bookshelf! Read More

Cats sleep a lot. In fact, some cats sleep as much as 20 hours per day! But that doesn’t mean that cats spend all that time sound asleep. Most of the time, cats are just dozing and ready to jump up at a moment’s notice. Which is why we say that a person enjoying a quick, light sleep is taking a “cat nap.” :) To Celebrate National Cat Day, learn more about cats and their wilder relatives by exploring these great cat books, below. Read More

Here are some great books to celebrate National Cat Day on October 29, 2022! Read More

Each year, lots of families carve jack-o’-lanterns to celebrate Halloween. But did you know that the first jack-o’-lanterns were carved from turnips, not pumpkins? In Ireland and Scotland people hollowed out turnips and gave them creepy faces to celebrate the feast of All Hallows’ Eve. Many years later, when immigrants from the UK arrived in North America, they discovered that the native pumpkin made a much better jack-o’-lantern, because it was larger and softer than a turnip.  Trick-or-treating would look quite different today, without those familiar orange faces glowing in the dark! Here are some wonderful, pumpkin-themed books that will help get you ready to trick or treat: Read More

Get into the Halloween spirit by checking out Jazzy’s latest bookshelf! By the way, did you know that first, it wasn't pumpkin when the first jack-o’-lanterns were carved?... Check our Trick? or Treat? pumpkin-themed books here. Are you interested in more books about holidays and celebrations? Check them out here. Read More

The world’s population includes 2 billion children aged 0-14. These children live in 195 different countries, speak more than 7,000 languages, and represent hundreds of different ethnicities. In celebration of World Inclusion Day, enjoy these stories about children whose race, gender, abilities or experiences might differ from yours! Read More

Celebrate World Inclusion Day with these wonderful stories about honoring and embracing the things that make us different, and help create a kinder, more inclusive world! Read More

In honor of National Hispanic & Latín Heritage Month, learn more about Frida Kahlo, the brilliant Mexican artist who painted at Casa Azul in Frida Kahlo: Revolutionary Painter!, and explore other wonderful books that celebrate Hispanic and Latín heritage. Read More

Here are some great books to help celebrate National Hispanic & Latín Heritage Month! Read More