children's books | Here Wee Read- Part 29

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Hair tells a story. Whether it’s wash day, braiding in the kitchen, or rocking a new hairstyle with pride, our kids deserve to see their beauty celebrated on the page. These picture books do exactly that.

Because every curl, twist, loc, and strand is magic.

Books featured in this reel:
Hair Love ABC’s
Hair Twins
Saturday Morning at the ‘Shop
Bedtime Bonnet
Freedom Braids
Good Hair
My Powerful Hair
Wash Day Love
Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair

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Whether you’re planning one last beach trip or just want to bring the ocean home, these stories are recommended for kids (and grown-ups too) who aren’t quite ready to say goodbye to summer.

Featured books in this reel:

Beach Hair @simonkids
Big Family Beach Day @harperkids
Splash! Ethelda Bleibtrey Makes Waves of Change @sleepingbearpress
The River is My Ocean @simonkids
Yaya and the Sea @simonkids
Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch @penguinkids

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This reel is packed with gems for curious little minds from touch-and-feel board books to trailblazing biographies to cultural celebrations.

Books featured:
Mini Touch: On the Go
Mini Touch: Dinosaurs
My Busy Art Book!
Oh No They Didn’t: Trailblazers
Oh No They Didn’t: Science
Little People Big Dreams: Bob Marley
Little People Big Dreams: Virginia Woolf
Little People Big Dreams: Yves Saint Laurent
The Dia de Los Muertos Story

All books graciously #gifted and published by our friends at @quartokids.

Which one are you adding to your TBR first? 👀📖 👇🏾

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Have you ever had a random thought about books that made you stop mid-read and go:
“Wait… why is this SO true?”

Same.

Here are some of my most random bookish thoughts I share with my community over on @threads.

Which one(s) resonates the most with you? SHARE this with your book bestie.

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There’s something about that first pair of golden hoops, isn’t there? The way they catch the light, the way they make you feel like you can take on the world.

In The Golden Hoops (out Sept 2, 2025 published by our friends at @harperkids and written by @jenhayeslee), Janey finally gets her own pair shining just like Mama’s. But when one goes missing, Janey has to figure out if her magic was really in the hoops… or if it was inside her all along.

This joyful debut picture book celebrates sisterhood, tradition, and the inner glow no one can take away.

Who else remembers the exact day they got their first pair of hoops? 👇🏾

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Back-to-school = fresh book stacks.

Love the classics? Your kids and students will love these modern, diverse reads just as much. From making friends to starring in a school play, these picks bring new voices and perspectives while keeping the cozy vibes of the stories you grew up with.

Which classic-to-modern pairing is your favorite? 👇🏾

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We all have those back-to-school picture books we grew up on…the ones our parents read with us the night before school started, or the ones our kids begged for over and over again.

But just like our classrooms have become more diverse, welcoming, and full of different stories, so have the books we share with our kids.

I made a brief list of “If you like this classic… read that modern gem” pairings for a few books. Think: the same warm themes we love: starting school, easing first-day jitters, but with characters and stories that look and feel more like the world our kids live in now.

Which pairing is your favorite? And which would you add to the list? 👇🏾

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