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Source: Scholastic.com  http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=7953
With more land, people, and voices than any other continent, Asia has an especially colorful literary presence. Explore these resonant folktales, heartbreaking immigrant stories, and luscious emotional landscapes.
Picture Books
Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat
Filled with conflicting emotions, a Vietnamese girl works with her classmates to try to bring her mother to [...]

Tags: American, Asian, books, stories

April 28, 2008

Keeping Kids Safe

by DreamTeamShannonR      (DreamTeamNewsletter @ Family Fun  4/28/08)

From the Editors: April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month — a great time to educate ourselves about how to keep children safe from abuse. DreamTeamShannonR volunteers on her children’s school district’s sexual abuse prevention team and is the author of an award-winning children’s picture book [...]

Tags: adult, sexual abuse, teacher, uncomfortable, weird