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Are you looking for children and YA books? Last year I recommended the blog booksyalove.com (May 22, 2025) for a bunch of YA recommendation from a librarian. I have found another librarian site, this time for children and I love the mix of diverse reads among the options. For the A-to-Z challenge in 2025, Christina Dankert searched out Nonfiction picture books and about half of the 37 books she covered would qualify as diverse reads – and she started strong with “A is for Activist.”
Reading is powerful. Seeing your history unfold in pictures can be lifechanging. Whether Ho’onani Hula Warrior or Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom, a budding scientific dancer will have something new to learn (and maybe the parent as well). The full list of links for the books covered in the challenge can be found in the “A to Z Blog Challenge Reflection 2025” (cut and paste option: https://christinadankert.com/2025/05/03/a-to-z-blog-challenge-reflection-2025/ ). She also covered books for the 2024 challenge.
The extra wonderful thing about a librarian recommending books is it is highly likely the book is available in your local library. I have paged through her 37 recommendations and only one of the ones I was interested in reading wasn’t available through my local library; the other dozen or so have been added to my TBR pile. Yes, they are children books but they will widen my knowledge (non-fiction) without a big time commitment. If you follow me over on GoodReads (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4918831.Erin_Penn) or StoryGraph (https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/erin_penn), you should see some children picture book reviews pop up throughout the year.
