Celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Maya from MaiStoryBook
May is Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage month (APIH Month). It is a month to celebrate, appreciate, and recognize the culture, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Part of recognizing and appreciating a culture and history is to give it recognition and representation in the media. However, according to the The Cooperative Children's Book Center 2019 children's book survey, only 8.7% of children's books contain Asian or Asia
Celebrating Lunar New Year with Maya from MaiStoryBook
Happy Lunar New Year! Maya here, from MaiStoryBook, and to help celebrate Lunar New Year this year, I'm excited to collaborate with the Madison Reading Project to share some of my favorite festive read alouds and bookish crafts! What is Lunar New Year? Lunar New Year is the beginning of the new year based on the lunar calendar. The lunar calendar is based on cycles of the moon and sun, and is generally 21-51 days behind the Gregorian (internationally-used) solar calendar that