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Webinar Update: Teaching Tough Topics with Children’s Literature
Our highly anticipated webinar, “Teaching Tough Topics with Children’s Literature” has been rescheduled for Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM EDT! Join us for our timely webinar with panelists...
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The Power of Athlete Activists: Making Connections in the Classroom
Athletes have the power and ability to inspire social action, even though they may face criticism that their work should be “left on the field.” Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers...
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Free Upcoming Webinar: Teaching Social Activism through Children’s Books
Join us for our free webinar about our Social Activism Diverse Reading List and different methods of teaching social activism in the classroom while highlighting relevant books and engaging activities...
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Announcing Our 2018 New Voices Award Winner and Honor
New York, NY—January 22, 2019—LEE & LOW BOOKS is pleased to announce that SD Youngwolf of Moffat, Colorado is the winner of the company’s nineteenth annual New Voices Award. His picture book...
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Social Activism Books for First Grade
Books can encourage kids of all ages to enact change in their communities. Because it’s never too early to make a difference, we’ll be sharing a list of social activism books for each grade level....
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Social Activism Books for Second Grade
Books can encourage kids of all ages to enact change in their communities. Because it’s never too early to make a difference, we’ll be sharing a list of social activism books for each grade level....
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Diverse Summer Reading Recommendations for Grades 3-5
As we continue our “For Fans Of” Summer Reading blog series, we’ll spotlight books for children in grades 3 through 5 in this post. In order to keep kids thinking critically about the books they’re...
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Diverse Summer Reading Recommendations for Grades 6-8
We’re closing out our Summer Reading “For Fans Of” series with our last age group, grades 6 to 8! In our last post, we posed some questions that could ask to get kids thinking across their texts to...
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Social Activism Books for Fourth Grade
Books can encourage kids of all ages to enact change in their communities. Because it’s never too early to make a difference, we’ll be sharing a list of social activism books for each grade level....
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya...
We’re excited to celebrate the upcoming release of Rise! From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou, the first in-depth picture book biography of Maya Angelou, ahead of the fiftieth...
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Interview: Author Bethany Hegedus on Writing Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet...
Released in time for the 50th anniversary of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, is one of our newest titles Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou by author Bethany...
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Free Upcoming Webinar: Using Children’s Books to Approach Trauma-Informed...
Join us for our critical back to school webinar about Trauma-Informed Education in time for the release of our new Trauma-Informed Education Book List on Wednesday, September 25 at 4:00 PM ET. Katie...
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The Importance of Diversity in Leveled Readers & Reading Recovery®
In this guest blog post, Dr. Lisa Pinkerton, the Marie Clay Endowed Chair in Reading Recovery® and Early Literacy at The Ohio State University, discusses the importance of expanding diverse stories...
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Diverse Books and Mentors are a Powerful Combination for Developing Young...
In this guest blog post, educator Lindsay Barrett discusses the power and importance in having diverse books and mentors. Jill Eisenberg, director of curriculum and literacy strategy at Lee & Low...
View ArticleWatch the Webinar: Using Children’s Books to Approach Trauma-Informed Education
Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for our webinar, “Using Children’s Books to Approach Trauma-Informed Education”. If you missed it live, or just want to watch it again, here is a recording...
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William Penn Foundation Chooses Lee & Low Books as Publisher for the Early...
In a groundbreaking initiative funded by William Penn Foundation, OpenIDEO launched the Early Childhood Book Challenge earlier this year seeking an original story for children ages 0 to 3 celebrating...
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Social and Emotional Learning Books for Elementary School
Social and Emotional Learning is the process in which people of all ages recognize and manage emotions, make appropriate decisions, behave ethically and responsibly, develop and maintain positive...
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Meet Lee and Low Books at NCTE!
The National Council for the Teachers of English Annual Convention is this week and we’re so excited to meet everyone! The conference will take place in Baltimore from November 21 – 24 at the Baltimore...
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Free Upcoming Webinar: Teaching About Slavery Using Lee & Low Children’s Books
Join us for a critical webinar on Wednesday, January 15th at 4:00 PM EST about using children’s literature and nonfiction to teach about slavery. We will discuss and demonstrate with award-winning...
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Remembering Our Co-Founder, Thomas Low
With deep sadness, Lee & Low Books announces the passing of co-founder and CEO Tom Low. Tom passed peacefully at home, surrounded by family. His youngest son, Lee & Low president and co-owner...
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