When Katrina Kerstetter left the United States in 2003 to teach English in South Korea, she told herself she would come back a year later. But life had other plans and the initial year-long endeavor ...

In mid-August, the award-winning Diverse BookFinder, a comprehensive educational resource for multicultural children’s picture books, saw an unusual spike in web traffic to its Bates College website.

Originally published as vol. 2 of: Multicultural picture books : art for understanding others. Worthington, Ohio : Linworth Pub., c1997. Contents Asia and the Pacific -- The Middle East and North ...

This week’s column introduces two new award-winning intergenerational, multicultural picture books which are a perfect opportunity to expand young readers’ worlds. “The Coquies Still Sing: A Story of ...

On top of the variety of global picture books, Kerstetter hosts weekly mindfulness classes for kids. Kerstetter defines mindfulness like this: “It is calmness and being aware of your feelings at the ...