Latina Moms | Daughters
Inspired by Diane de Anda’s bilingual picture book A Day Without Sugar/Un día sin azúcar, about an aunt who leads a group of kids on a hunt for “hidden sugars,” its publisher, Arte Público Press, has launched a new initiative challenging children across the country to limit their sugar intake by participating in the A [...]
For some families, summertime is something they eagerly look forward to because it means family vacations and field trips to all those places they don’t get to visit during the school year. But for others, summer vacation brings with it a high level of stress and dread over how to keep the kids busy and [...]
What a Party! By Ana Maria Machado • Illustrated by Hélène Moreau Translated by Elisa Amado Groundwood Books • 2013 • 32 pages Hardcover ($18.95) ISBN 978-1-55498-168-7 Ages 4-7 Planning your birthday party may become a great adventure, especially if your distracted mother tells you to invite whoever you want, warns the protagonist of this [...]
Latino children in Texas are now the largest ethnic group in the Lone Star state, The Dallas Morning News is reporting. The newspaper said that Hispanic kids in Texas have passed whites—over half of the students enrolling in the school system are Latinos. But with this increase have come changes since many of [...]
Expectant mama Halle Berry was seen dropping off her 5-year-old daughter Nahla at school in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Wednesday (May 8). The pregnant Academy Award-winner, 46, covered her growing baby bump under a lovely layered sweater. Read Related: Latino Celebrity New Moms & Dads We Love Later that same day, Nahla’s doting daddy, Canadian male [...]
It seems like every other kid out there has food allergies; and with new food products popping up in the grocery store every week, the questions about food allergies continue to grow. Between 1997 and 2007 the food-allergy rate rose 18%! So maybe it’s you, your spouse, your child, or a friend or family member [...]
After being abandoned at only eight-months old, five-year-old Jayde Scholl spent her first four years in Chinese orphanage. Luckily, she was adopted by a loving Tulsa family and her new mom just happened to be an audiologist who quickly realized little Jayde was deaf. This heartwarming video shows Jayde hearing her mom’s voice for the [...]
Who didn’t have Sea Monkeys as a child? That’s exactly what I knew them as, even as a child in Argentina, where the Spanish translation would have been monos marinos. They are tiny tadpole-like creatures. Slightly hairy with a long thin spine, and two round black eyes that seem to be popping out of their [...]
What Are You Doing? By Elisa Amado • Illustrated by Manuel Monroy Groundwood Books • 2011 • 32 pages Hardcover ($16.95) ISBN: 978-1-55498-070-3 Ages 3-7 Not very eager to go on his first day of school, Chepito runs out of the house as his mother reminds him to be back in time. During his walk [...]
Most parents are aware of Nickelodeon’s Kid’s Choice Awards, which this year took place just this past March. The awards’ main appeal—aside from the star-studded show that announces the winners—is the fact that kids themselves get to choose their favorites from a broad array of entertainment categories in a media landscape that is increasingly designed [...]
