Inspire Students with a Writing Competition from Korea
Posted on January 19, 2019
Are you interested in introducing your students to Korea's rich cultural and literary traditions? An upcoming literary competition provides the perfect opportunity.
NEA Grants: Travel and Study for Global Educators
Posted on January 04, 2019
Interested in developing your global expertise? The National Education Association is awarding grants of $2,000 and $5,000 to educators and support professionals in public schools, colleges, and universities. The grants can support:
Finding Authentic Asian Children's Literature (from Asia)
Posted on December 31, 2018
So you want to assign (or recommend) a book to your students about Asia—written by an Asian? Let me guess: You are having a hard time finding one, right?
On the Global Learning blog at EdWeek, David Jacobson, a board member of the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative, suggests a number of high-quality children's books written in Asia, translated into English, and readily available in the States. His recommendations include:
A Muslim Christmas: Transforming Pain into Empathy
Posted on December 24, 2018
Growing up Muslim on the North Shore of Long Island, Yaseen Eldik and his family faced ostracism and bullying, especially during the Christmas season. In his memoir of that time, published in today's New York Times, he describes seeing the neighbors' Christmas lights while scrubbing broken eggs from his own family's windows.
For the Holidays: Global Children's Books
Posted on December 14, 2018
This week, in WWB's Dispatches blog, author Rivka Galchen posts a guide to children's books from around the world. Her top picks include Mexican journalist Juan Villoro's YA favorite The Wild Book and a series of tyrannosaurus stories from Japan: read more in A Holiday Gift Guide for Children’s Literature in Translation.