Mikkaka Overstreet is from Louisville, Kentucky by way of Saginaw “Sagnasty”, Michigan. She has been an educator since 2006 and earned her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction in 2015. By day she is a mild-mannered literacy specialist. By night she sleeps. In between, she daydreams, writes fiction, and reads books. She currently lives in North Carolina with her husband and cats.
Celebrate long days and sunshine with these delightful summer books for preschoolers!
As more LGBTQ books are published each year, a few have stood out as perfectly encapsulating the queer teen experience. Here are 11 of them, like Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar.
Whether you’re traveling solo or with your family, you'll find something to love in this list of the best audiobooks for road trips!
Children's books are a fairly new phenomenon. Here are the ones that have stayed relevant even decades or centuries after their publication.
From young adult novels like Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender to accessibly nonfiction guides like A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G. & J.R. Zuckerberg, these LGBTQ books for teens are perfect reads!
Critical thinking skills are crucial for navigating society. Here are 10 picture books that help kids develop those essential skills.
These excellent Valentine’s books for kids capture the childlike wisdom of the Valentine’s season and all things love, including Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield & Jan Spivey Gilchrist.
From quips to satirical characters and lambasting the upper classes, Jane Austen's humor is woefully under-appreciated.
Bookish blankets for cozy reading comfort, because nothing's better than snuggling up with a book and a cup of tea on a cold winter day.
I started an LGBTQ-inclusive national book club for teachers. Here are the books we read and what we learned in the first year.