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Feb 9, 2024 | 
nrpa.org | Jennifer Ward
Tags: Urban Parks and Recreation, Trends and News, Social Equity, Operations, Health and WellnessThis blog post is part two of a series about facilitating inclusion for people with disabilities in parks and recreation. In part one, we provided an overview of inclusion and explored why it matters in parks and recreation.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
nrpa.org | Jennifer Ward
Tags: Urban Parks and Recreation, Trends and News, Social Equity, Operations, Health and WellnessPictured: Youth play a game of wheelchair basketball. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock. This blog post is part three in a series about facilitating inclusion for people with disabilities in parks and recreation. In part one, we provided an overview of inclusion and explored why it matters in parks and recreation. Read part one here.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
nrpa.org | Jennifer Ward
Tags: Urban Parks and Recreation, Trends and News, Social EquityPictured: A person with a disability enjoys riding an accessible bike in the park. This blog post is part one of a series about facilitating inclusion for people with disabilities in parks and recreation. Today we will explore the meaning of inclusion and why it matters in parks and recreation. Think back to one of your favorite memories of taking part in a recreational activity.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Aaron Becker |Craig Smith |Jennifer Ward |Steve Jenkins
Epic storytelling erupts on the page without the use of a single word. Superb. Caldecott Honoree Becker’s dystopian imaginings once more find fruit in picture-book format. The biblical Noah as a gargantuan robot? Stranger things have been conceived of.
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Oct 1, 2023 | 
artfulparent.com | Jennifer Ward |Susie Ghahremani |Anna Harpe |Julie Fogliano
Here are some of our favorite children’s books about spring, plus creative arts and craft ideas to go with each one, to help you kick off the spring season!Updated March 2023Every spring here in the midwest feels like a sigh of relief. The snow is melting, the sun is shining, and we stand witness to new life emerging wherever we look. We’ve spent the winter curled up in blankets, reading stories in small cocoons, and now we’re ready to emerge.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Jennifer Ward |Meg Medina |Àngela Domínguez |Steve Jenkins
A good bet for the youngest bird-watchers. Echoing the meter of “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” Ward uses catchy original rhymes to describe the variety of nests birds create. Each sweet stanza is complemented by a factual, engaging description of the nesting habits of each bird. Some of the notes are intriguing, such as the fact that the hummingbird uses flexible spider web to construct its cup-shaped nest so the nest will stretch as the chicks grow.
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Aug 1, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Jennifer Ward |Elaine Chen |Steve Jenkins
by Supriya Kelkar ; illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat ‧ Winning illustrations level up an uneven story. An Indian American boy’s excitement for his first day of school is tempered when his classmates can’t pronounce his name. Their “wrinkled foreheads” and the giggles that follow make the young boy shrink into himself.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Camille Garoche |Jennifer Ward |Steve Jenkins
A young South Asian boy learns the joy of taking his time. Aarav loves his grandfather, whom he calls Thatha, even though the two approach life at two different tempos: While Thatha “shuffled,” “sauntered,” and “strolled,” Aarav “ran,” “rushed,” and “raced.” Thatha urges Aarav to slow down, but Aarav constantly asks Thatha to speed up—especially at 5 o’clock, when Aarav helps Thatha makes his daily masala chai.
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May 24, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Jennifer Ward |Elaine Chen |Steve Jenkins
A sorrowful tale of the impact of warfare, infused with hope. A young Palestinian refugee helps her mother harvest olives outside their camp. The canvas tent in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus, Palestine, is the only home Oraib and her younger siblings have ever known. Before war broke out, Mama lived in Al-Tira, where for years the family cared for the olive trees.
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May 15, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Jennifer Ward
by Laura Seely-Pollack ; illustrated by Alexandra Colombo ‧ A destructive storm eventually helps Cave Girl create the home of her dreams. Cave Girl has everything a prehistoric girl could want, like parents who “rock” and a pet snake. There’s just one thing she can’t stand…living in a cave. It’s too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer. She’s inspired to build her own place when she sees two beavers making a dam, but her parents ignore her excitement—to her frustration.
