WOW Dozen: Picturebooks to Encourage Empathy and Helping • Worlds of Words August's WOW Dozen brings together a dozen picturebooks on empathy, showing how children can help others and encouraging helping in communities.

These 12 #picturebooks show children the ways they can be empathetic towards their peers and encourage kinder, more involved communities. The stories show people working towards empathy through policy, societal change and inclusion.

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WOW Dozen: Books About Hair • Worlds of Words This month, Janine Schall shares a dozen titles that celebrate hair and all that it can mean for different people and communities.

This #WOWDozen on hair could easily be three times as long; however, a dozen is 12, so we narrowed the book list to provide a variety of depictions and representations with the underlying belief that all hair (or lack thereof) is good hair. wowlit.org/blog/2025/06... #GlobalKidLit

WOW Dozen: Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight • Worlds of Words This month, Michele and Avis present a dozen books around the theme "Fall down seven times, stand up eight" to encourage readers to never give up.

This #WOWDozen introduces biographies of people who overcame big challenges as well as fictional stories that are fun & whimsical. Reading these books aloud may inspire children to see themselves as capable & resilient beings in the world.

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