Ashlie Swicker

2 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Let us take a moment and enjoy some library T-shirts, shall we? There are plenty of reasons to be looking for one to add to your wardrobe. April 6th kicks off National Library Week, while the entire month of April is National School Library Month.

3 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

I recently shared my suspicions about the consequences of a lack of media literacy. The critical skills that allow people to apply context, curiosity, and proof of validity when consuming information have never been more important. A quote from Sam Wineburg, PhD bears repeating: I’ve come to believe that reliable information is to civic health what clean water and proper sanitation are to public health. Never has so much information been at our fingertips as it is today.

4 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Jerdine Nolen |Kadir Nelson |Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Picture books are one of our first windows into who we can be. After a certain age, dozens of things are fighting for a person’s attention: friend groups, television shows, music, sales ads, and influencers shape identity as we move through the world.

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Alfredo Alva |Deborah L. Mills |Claudia Navarro |Ashlie Swicker

There is nothing more hypocritical than setting up a country on land that was inhabited by established groups, bullying and murdering across the landmass to stretch the political borders, populating the country with people from around the world, then deciding that other groups are too dangerous to come in and grandly persecuting anyone who dares to flee to the “land of the free.” Seriously? It sounds ridiculous when you put it that way because it is ridiculous, with horrifying results.

1 month ago | bookriot.com | Ashlie Swicker

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I am the queen of the Fun Little Treat. I love to bribe myself to complete basic tasks or stay on top of habits, and I keep a list of items that can be my carrot for the week. Lately, I’ve noticed that if I’m spending money on something, I need it to work on many levels.