/tags/childrens-books Children's Books en-US Copyright Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-11-01/kids-books-bodies-children-literature-reading-book-body-positivity A new crop of children’s book authors are trying to help kids develop curiosity about their physical bodies. But how exactly do they turn fraught body politics into compelling children's stories? Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-11-01/kids-books-bodies-children-literature-reading-book-body-positivity Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus /news/2023-06-15/north-carolinas-first-black-owned-childrens-bookstore-opens-ahead-of-juneteenth The Liberation Station bookstore - North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookseller - will launch with a three-day celebration that kicks off Saturday. Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:26:13 GMT /news/2023-06-15/north-carolinas-first-black-owned-childrens-bookstore-opens-ahead-of-juneteenth Sharryse Piggott /news/2023-04-06/a-black-owned-childrens-bookstore-is-coming-to-the-triangle The Triangle's first Black-owned children’s bookstore is opening this summer in downtown Raleigh. It’s aimed at Black and Brown families. Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:22:35 GMT /news/2023-04-06/a-black-owned-childrens-bookstore-is-coming-to-the-triangle Sharryse Piggott /podcast/the-story-stables/2022-07-15/which-side-of-a-horse-has-the-most-hair Hoof-cleaning is a very necessary part of Man Man’s beauty regiment. Caitlin demonstrates how she uses a special tool to remove all kinds of stuff from the farm that can get trapped in her bestie’s hooves. Plus, our friend Zora drops by with the book “Your Own Kind of Beautiful!” Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:47:00 GMT /podcast/the-story-stables/2022-07-15/which-side-of-a-horse-has-the-most-hair /education/2019-01-02/durham-authors-book-to-be-read-from-outer-space On a sunny December day, Houston Kidd sits in an empty computer lab at the U.S. naval office near N.C. State, where he recently started working as a… Wed, 02 Jan 2019 14:30:58 GMT /education/2019-01-02/durham-authors-book-to-be-read-from-outer-space Lisa Philip /arts-culture/2018-03-13/learning-colors-with-black-history As a former English teacher and Ph.D. candidate, Whitney Wingate believes strongly that words, books and stories matter. So when she had her first child… Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:09:44 GMT /arts-culture/2018-03-13/learning-colors-with-black-history Robert Kinlaw, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-03-13/learning-colors-with-black-history As a former English teacher and Ph.D. candidate, Whitney Wingate believes strongly that words, books and stories matter. So when she had her first child… Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:09:44 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-03-13/learning-colors-with-black-history Robert Kinlaw, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-06-03/transplanting-traditions-farming-art North Carolina is home to a growing Karen community, an ethnic minority from Burma that has been forced out of their country due to war. Many of these… Fri, 03 Jun 2016 16:32:25 GMT /arts-culture/2016-06-03/transplanting-traditions-farming-art Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-03/transplanting-traditions-farming-art North Carolina is home to a growing Karen community, an ethnic minority from Burma that has been forced out of their country due to war. Many of these… Fri, 03 Jun 2016 16:32:25 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-03/transplanting-traditions-farming-art Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-04-08/the-wooden-prince-revives-pinocchio-now-with-twice-the-magic Author John Claude Bemis may live in Hillsborough, but he spends much of his time in an imaginary world where myths and legends come alive. Bemis created… Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:37:56 GMT /arts-culture/2016-04-08/the-wooden-prince-revives-pinocchio-now-with-twice-the-magic Eric Hodge, Rebecca Martinez