In today’s rapidly evolving literary landscape, parents face unprecedented challenges in selecting age-appropriate children’s books. With an increasing volume of books containing mature or sexually explicit content, the need for careful navigation and informed decision-making has never been more pressing. This is where crowdsourced book monitoring platforms like Screen It First come into play. By…
A Page Turned is a Lesson Learned: Navigating the Subtleties in Children’s Literature In the whimsical world of children’s literature, every book holds a story, and every story, a lesson. Yet, sometimes the lessons are more than just the moral of the story. They seep into the fabric of our family values and beliefs, often…
Pre-Screening Kids’ Books A Journey in Finding My Limitations Like most parents and educators I know, before handing a child a book to read, I like to have a good idea of what is in the book by spending time screening the book. For many years, I would read every book before my child did….