Raising Luminaries – Content Archives
This page is where you can find a comprehensive list of all the non-social media articles and resources I’ve created for Raising Luminaries, Books For Littles & The Student Ignition Society.
Book Analysis
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How to approach difficult conversations with individual picture books.
- Hooray for She, He, Ze and They! (9/8/2024)
- Exploring Brownface & Saviorism in ‘Mup’ (9/1/2021)
- Exploring Black Futures with ‘Freedom, We Sing’ (10/1/2020)
- Equity, Education, and Validating Frustration with ‘On The Day You Begin’ (9/1/2020)
- Creating An Anti-Racist Manifesto With Zetta Elliott: #FamilyManifesto4BlackLives (8/2/2020)
- Following Indigenous Calls To Action with ‘We Are Water Protectors’ (8/1/2020)
- Unpacking Tokenism & Disclosure In ‘A Boy Called Bat’ (4/7/2020)
- Motivating Kids To Protect Others With ‘Do Not Lick This Book’ (4/1/2020)
- How inspiration porn humiliates women in ‘The Truly Brave Princesses’ (3/1/2020)
- How Kids Find Hope In Hard Times With ‘Simon And the Bear’ (12/1/2019)
- Protecting The World’s Water In Your Own Yard With ‘Luz Makes A Splash’ (8/1/2019)
- What do ALL feminists have in common? A social justice flap book for our youngest activists (3/14/2019)
- How We Reinforce The Model Minority Myth with Polar Bear Island (3/1/2019)
- All My Sons Deserve Respect! Why Complex Black Boy Representation Matters (1/1/2019)
- Wrestling With Insecurity with ‘Escargot’ (12/14/2018)
- Appreciating hand-me-downs with ‘A Fire Truck Named Red’ (12/1/2018)
- Learning About Cultural Erasure with Milo’s Museum (11/1/2018)
- Understanding Autistic Masking With A Tiger Called Tomás (4/1/2018)
- *Updated 2022* Supporting Trans Family With Rachel’s Christmas Boat (12/1/2017)
- Countering Myths about Christopher Columbus with ‘A Coyote Columbus Story’ (10/1/2017)
- Multicultural Book Day 2017 (1/26/2017)
- Overcoming False Scarcity & Xenophobia with ‘Shelter’ (12/14/2016)
- How Kids Look For The Good In Folks with ‘Oskar And The Eight Blessings’ (12/1/2016)
- Keeping Women In The Kitchen with ‘Jimmy Zangwow’ (3/1/2014)
- Using Marginalized Folks As a Faux-Feminist Footstool With ‘Punxsutawney Phyllis’ (1/15/2014)
Public Book Collections
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Articles on why you should care about smashing the kyriarchy and how to get started by reading books with your kids.
- Let’s Explore Housing & Access to Shelter (10/15/2023)
- Let’s Explore Truth & Reconciliation (10/4/2023)
- Register To Vote (9/20/2023)
- Faith & Religion (5/11/2023)
- Vaccinations (5/11/2023)
- Radical Generosity (5/11/2023)
- Gregorian New Year (5/11/2023)
- Kwanzaa (5/11/2023)
- Christmas (5/11/2023)
- Hanukkah (5/11/2023)
- Winter Solstice (5/11/2023)
- Latina Equal Pay Day (5/11/2023)
- Mutual Aid (5/11/2023)
- Tricksters & Animal Stories (5/11/2023)
- Indigenous Heritage Month (5/11/2023)
- Indigenous Women’s Equal Pay Day (5/11/2023)
- Giving Tuesday (5/11/2023)
- Indigenous Day of Mourning (5/11/2023)
- National Adoption Day (5/11/2023)
- Celebrating Trans Kids (5/11/2023)
- Danny DeVito Day (5/11/2023)
- Voter Registration & Election Day (5/11/2023)
- Día de los Muertos (5/11/2023)
- Consent & Boundaries (5/11/2023)
- Death Positivity (5/11/2023)
- Italian American Heritage Month (5/11/2023)
- Disability History Month (5/11/2023)
- Halloween (5/11/2023)
- Diwali & Bandhi Chhor Diwas (5/11/2023)
- Coming Out & LGBTQiA2S+ History (5/11/2023)
- Indigenous Peoples Day (5/11/2023)
- Healthy Masculinity (5/11/2023)
- Child-Led Schooling (5/11/2023)
- Let’s Explore the Wealth Gap (5/11/2023)
- Orange Shirt Day (5/11/2023)
- Black Women’s Equal Pay Day (5/11/2023)
- Mid-Autumn Festival (5/11/2023)
- Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (5/11/2023)
- Asthma Peak Week (5/11/2023)
- Ganesh Chaturthi (5/11/2023)
- Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur (5/11/2023)
- Labor day (5/11/2023)
- Family Constellations (5/11/2023)
- Back To School (5/11/2023)
- Education Rights (5/11/2023)
- #ABAisAbuse (5/9/2023)
- Slavery Abolition (5/9/2023)
- National Bao Day (5/9/2023)
- Environmentalism & Climate Justice (5/9/2023)
- Think Global, Act Local (5/9/2023)
- Disability Interdependence Day (5/9/2023)
- Nelson Mandela Day (5/9/2023)
- Mad Pride Day (5/9/2023)
- Nonbinary Peoples Day (5/9/2023)
- Let’s Explore Self-Identity (4/27/2023)
- Immigrant Heritage Month (4/27/2023)
- Let’s Explore Assigned Sex, Gender & Sexuality (4/27/2023)
- Stonewall Riots (4/27/2023)
- Father’s Day (4/27/2023)
- Let’s Explore Outdoor Accessibility for the Summer Solstice (4/27/2023)
- Juneteenth (4/27/2023)
- Autistic Pride Day (4/27/2023)
- Gardening As Resistance (4/27/2023)
- Gun Violence (4/27/2023)
- Censorship, Book Bans & Let Freedom Read Day (4/3/2023)
- Asian & Pacifica Peoples Self-Advocacy (3/22/2023)
- Let’s Explore What It Means To Be Courageous With Kids (3/22/2023)
- Let’s Explore Mental Health With Kids (3/22/2023)
- Composting Day (3/22/2023)
- Vincent Chin & The Birth of The Asian American Rights Movement (3/22/2023)
- Famine Commemoration Day (3/22/2023)
- Mothers Day (3/22/2023)
- Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirit People (3/22/2023)
- National Bird Day (3/22/2023)
- Freedom Of The Press Day (3/22/2023)
- May Day (3/22/2023)
- Let’s Explore Appreciation and Gratitude (2/26/2023)
- Mahavir Jayanti (2/26/2023)
- LGBTQiA2S+ Day of Silence (2/26/2023)
- Earth Day & Arbor day (2/26/2023)
- Festival of Ridván (2/26/2023)
- Velociraptor Awareness Day (2/26/2023)
- Festival of Vaisakhi (2/26/2023)
- Month of Ramadan (2/26/2023)
- Easter (2/26/2023)
- Passover / Pesach (2/26/2023)
- Qingming Festival (2/26/2023)
- Autism Bewareness Day (2/26/2023)
- April Fool’s Day (2/26/2023)
- What does it mean to be an accomplice or ally? (2/8/2023)
- Healthy Anger (2/8/2023)
- Spring Equinox (2/8/2023)
- St. Paddy’s Day & Irish American Heritage Month (2/8/2023)
- International Day of Forests (2/8/2023)
- National Panda Day (2/8/2023)
- International Womens Day & Womens History Month (2/8/2023)
- National Day of Unplugging (2/8/2023)
- St. Brigid’s Day (12/21/2022)
- Valentine’s Day (12/21/2022)
- Galentine’s Day (12/21/2022)
- Rosa Parks Day (12/21/2022)
- Groundhog Day (12/21/2022)
- Lunar New Year (11/25/2022)
- Harm Reduction (8/1/2022)
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 10-Year-Olds (6/10/2022)
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 9-Year-Olds (6/9/2022)
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 8-Year-Olds (6/8/2022)
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 7-Year-Olds (6/7/2022)
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 6-Year-Olds (6/6/2022)
- 2022 Best Kids Books For Littles (3/30/2022)
- 2021 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2021)
- Where Are All The Disabled Caregivers in Kid’s Stories? (8/1/2021)
- 2020 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2020)
- 6 Kids Books For Trans Day of Resilience (11/1/2020)
- July 2020 Good Finds (7/19/2020)
- June 2020 Good Finds (6/19/2020)
- Queer Rainbow Children’s Books By Indigenous, Black & Brown Authors (6/7/2020)
- May 2020 Good Finds (5/23/2020)
- Cooking Is Community Care – Empowering Kids In a Time of Uncertainty (5/1/2020)
- April 2020 Good Finds (4/25/2020)
- Kids Books For Sudden Unschoolers (4/21/2020)
- Raising Sons Who Value Care Work: Healthy Masculinity in Kids Books (3/28/2020)
- March 2020 Good Finds (3/20/2020)
- February 2020 Good Finds (2/23/2020)
- Older Lives Are Worth Living: Ageism & Deathmisia In Children’s Books (1/28/2020)
- Fred Korematsu Day (1/20/2020)
- Problematic Savior Tropes Stigmatizing Older Adults in Kidlit (1/14/2020)
- George Washington Carver Day (1/12/2020)
- Coldest Days of the Year (1/10/2020)
- Believing #OwnVoices Elders (1/7/2020)
- Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (1/5/2020)
- Gregorian New Year (1/1/2020)
- Why Young Activists Depend On The Fight For Elder Rights (1/1/2020)
- 2019 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2019)
- August 2019 Good Finds (8/21/2019)
- July 2019 Good Finds (7/24/2019)
- May 2019 Good Finds (5/24/2019)
- Circumventing White Fragility With Adorable Books by Mango & Marigold Press (5/1/2019)
- April 2019 Good Finds (4/24/2019)
- Books To Reassure Kids During Coronavirus Isolation (4/14/2019)
- March 2019 Good Finds (3/24/2019)
- How to talk to kids about shootings – Picture books that help (1/1/2019)
- 2018 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2018)
- How We Are Connected – Interfaith Books For the Winter Solstice (12/21/2018)
- Understanding equity with kids books on envy & jealousy (12/7/2018)
- Raising Luminaries: Books For The Next Generation Of Kind & Brilliant Leaders (10/16/2018)
- Justice For Labor Day: Provocative Kids Books About The Fight For Workers’ Rights (9/1/2018)
- The Reality of Being Adopted: Validating Stories For Adopted Kids (7/14/2018)
- Anti-Racism 103: How White Supremacy Perpetuates Myths of Racial Purity (7/1/2018)
- Immigrants Belong Here: Books Helping Kids Advocate For Human Rights (3/7/2018)
- Strengthening our communities with kids books about Radical Interdependence (1/7/2018)
- 2017 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2017)
- Where are all the Kwanzaa books for kids? (12/14/2017)
- The Happiest 3-Year-Old’s Bookshelf: Empathy & Independence (12/1/2017)
- Decolonizing Thanksgiving Is An Oxymoron – Kids Books Dismantling The Myth of a ‘First Thanksgiving’ (11/7/2017)
- Our Future Depends On It: Kids Books About Education Rights (9/1/2017)
- Anti-Racism 102: Why Not All Racial Discrimination is ‘Racism’ (7/1/2017)
- Don’t Yuck My Yum: Delicious Kids Books That Dismantle Anti-Asian Racism (5/1/2017)
- When Making Friends Is Hard – Books For Kids Who Feel Left Out (4/7/2017)
- Tenacious Instigators – Kids Books Celebrating Disabled Heroes (4/1/2017)
- Endurance, Tenacity, and Wits – Kids Irish American Pride on St. Paddy’s (3/1/2017)
- Breaking Walls & Building Bridges (2/7/2017)
- Multicultural Book Day 2017 (1/26/2017)
- Why Each Generation Repeats Past Atrocities – Talking With Kids About Japanese Internment (1/1/2017)
- 2016 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2016)
- Galvanizing Kids Books About Poverty Inspiring Kids To Give Back (11/1/2016)
- Talking About Death With Young Kids: A Beginner’s Guide (10/1/2016)
- Birthday Books For Kind & Generous Kids (9/16/2016)
- The Sikh Identity – Saffron Press Maker Spotlight (7/14/2016)
- Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race (7/1/2016)
- Captivating Kids Stories To Recognize Privilege (6/16/2016)
- Microaggressions Against Multiracial Kids – Books Where Kids Can Belong (5/16/2016)
- Siblings Day (5/14/2016)
- Love Is Love Is Love – Diverse Family Constellations In Kids Books (5/7/2016)
- Triumphant Kids Stories Honoring Single Mothers (5/1/2016)
- Influential Kids Books Featuring Capable Disabled Characters (4/21/2016)
- De-Stigmatizing Disability: Stereotype-Smashing Kids Books (4/14/2016)
- Children’s Books For Upstanders: Civil Disobedience & Disrupting Injustice (2/7/2016)
- Children’s Books By Brilliant Black Women: #OwnVoices Authors & Illustrators (2/1/2016)
- 6 Mistakes We Make Raising Sons – Kids Books To Prevent Sexual Assault (1/1/2016)
- Fantastic Kids Stories For Daydreams & Adventure (12/14/2015)
- Cozy Kid’s Books To Warm Up Your Winter (12/1/2015)
- Beyond the Binary: Why We Need Gender Creative Characters In Kidlit (6/1/2015)
- Whining, Tantrums & Outbursts: Books to Help Kids Chill (5/1/2015)
- 5 Things Every Kid Should Know About Disability – Raising Anti-Ableist Kids (4/21/2015)
- Daring Stories Championing Fat Liberation – Adipositive Kids Books (4/14/2015)
- Talking About Consent With Kids – Kids Books About Boundaries (4/7/2015)
- Help Kids Feel Safe – Books About Sexuality, Masturbation & Healthy Boundaries (4/1/2015)
- Stereotype-Free Kids Stories Celebrating the Lunar New Year (2/1/2015)
- Raising Tomorrow’s Fathers – Children’s Books With Feminist Dads (1/1/2015)
- Wordless Picture Books To Buy You A Few Minutes of Quiet (12/1/2014)
- Talking With Kids About The Gender Spectrum – Inclusive Picture Books (6/1/2014)
- Books to help kids process separation Anxiety & Parting Grief (5/1/2014)
- Where Babies Come From – Inclusive Kids Books About Sex & Reproduction (4/21/2014)
- Anatomy & Body Awareness Books for Kids (and their squeamish grown-ups) (4/7/2014)
- No White Saviors: Kids Books About Black Women in US History (2/7/2014)
- Does Your Child’s Bookshelf Pass The Uhura Test? (2/1/2014)
Shenanigans
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Seasonal updates on what we’ve accomplished & what we’ve been up to. If you want email notifications when I publish new stuff, join the email list, where I send seasonal recaps on All The New & Updated Stuff. (You don’t have to contribute, and can follow the public posts for free.)
- August Resource Roundup (7/29/2022)
- Creating Brave Space Storytime with The Center for Cognitive Diversity (11/13/2021)
- 4 Ways to Fight Ableism With Kids Books: #LiberatingWebinars (8/28/2021)
- Single Parenting in a Post-Apocalyptic Hellscape with Revolutionary Humans (3/30/2021)
- Different Identities, Different Work: #FamilyManifesto4BlackLives (7/30/2020)
- Wee Chalk The Walk: #FamilyDayOfAction (7/16/2020)
- To Minneapolis, With Love: #LoveLetters4BlackLives (6/16/2020)
- Join The Movement: #FamilySummer4BlackLives (5/30/2020)
- Initiating the Books For Littles Self-Destruct Sequence (11/15/2019)
- When you feel my teeth pierce your jugular (3/26/2019)
Maker Spotlights & Guest Writers
Interviews, special features & highlights, free & accessible for all
- Creating An Anti-Racist Manifesto With Zetta Elliott: #FamilyManifesto4BlackLives (8/2/2020)
- Queer Rainbow Children’s Books By Indigenous, Black & Brown Authors (6/7/2020)
- How to Subvert Racist Gatekeeping Starting With Your Family Bookshelf (3/14/2020)
- Circumventing White Fragility With Adorable Books by Mango & Marigold Press (5/1/2019)
- Dismantling Cissexism In Kidlit – Maker Spotlight with Maya & Matthew of Reflection Press (3/28/2019)
- All My Sons Deserve Respect! Why Complex Black Boy Representation Matters (1/1/2019)
- The Reality of Being Adopted: Validating Stories For Adopted Kids (7/14/2018)
- The Sikh Identity – Saffron Press Maker Spotlight (7/14/2016)
- What Parents of Autistic Kids Need to Know – Neurodivergent Narwhals (4/7/2016)
- Talking about differences – ‘The People You May See’ Maker Spotlight (4/1/2016)
Student Ignition Society Toolkits
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Family Action Toolkits created in collaboration with members of the Student Ignition Society
Student Ignition Society Launchpad Home Page
- 3 Elements of a Transformative Curriculum: How to Motivate Little Leaders
- 5 Types of Children’s Books To Combat Bias
- SIS Community
- Student Ignition Society Resources
- Calls To Action
Podcasts
Unpolished Book Lists
- Unpolished Lists Intro & Guide
- Adoption & Foster Families: Anti-Fairytale
- Community Gardens
- Disability
- Easy Gift Guide: Books & Companion Toys
- Gay Protagonists
- Guerilla Gardening
- History & Biographies
- Holidays & Events
- Immigrants & Refugees
- Problematic Tropes
- Booklists By Age
- Validating Stories for Kids Experiencing Domestic Violence
- Social & Emotional
- Physical Violence
Good Finds Book Lists
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 10-Year-Olds (6/10/2022)
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 9-Year-Olds (6/9/2022)
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 8-Year-Olds (6/8/2022)
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 7-Year-Olds (6/7/2022)
- Kyriarchy-Smashing Kids Books For 6-Year-Olds (6/6/2022)
- 2022 Best Kids Books For Littles (3/30/2022)
- 2021 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2021)
- 2020 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2020)
- July 2020 Good Finds (7/19/2020)
- June 2020 Good Finds (6/19/2020)
- May 2020 Good Finds (5/23/2020)
- April 2020 Good Finds (4/25/2020)
- March 2020 Good Finds (3/20/2020)
- February 2020 Good Finds (2/23/2020)
- 2019 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2019)
- August 2019 Good Finds (8/21/2019)
- July 2019 Good Finds (7/24/2019)
- May 2019 Good Finds (5/24/2019)
- April 2019 Good Finds (4/24/2019)
- March 2019 Good Finds (3/24/2019)
- 2018 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2018)
- 2017 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2017)
- 2016 Best Kids Books For Littles (12/30/2016)
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Last updates made March 2022 – AR.
