School House International pays tribute to Dolly Parton for her wise words, big smiles, and endless love for all – especially her love for children who call her “Book Lady”.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library : https://imaginationlibrary.com/

Rose “Dolly Partson” is named after her.

Imagination Library Story Time

Related picture books to the childhood of Dolly Perton.

* Home in the Woods

* That Book Woman

< Author and Illustrator of Children’s Picture Books >

Please meet Suma Subramaniam, the author of “ Namasute is a Greeting “.

She is an Indian-American who lives in Seattle, WA. She writes many children’s books as well as for young adults on topics of STEM/STEAM, India, and Indian heritage. She loves her pets and nature and loves to cook. She takes on new challenge as a digital creator with her long standing passion for multicultural understanding.

Visit her URL

Photos by N.T.M. @ Las Vegas Book Festival on Oct. 18, 2025.

絵本作家のスマ スブラマニィアムは、インド系米国人でワシントン州のシアトルに住んでいます。STEM/STEAMやインド、インド文化をテーマとした児童絵本のみならず、青少年向けの本も数多く制作しています。彼女はペットや大自然が大好きで、料理も得意です。異文化理解への彼女の長年の情熱は、デジタル・クリエイターとしての新しい挑戦にも生かされています。

The new page titled “Gifted Books to Atsugi/Ebina Libraries” is added under

Libraries/Literacy. Please enjoy our gifted books in your hands.

We add the page of “About Human Interconnection Corner ( HIC ) “,

under the button of Children’s Picture Books on the top bar.

You are very welcome to visit the new page.

Children’s Picture Book is not only for children, but also for grow-up people who almost forget universal mind which all babies are born with. 

I have been collecting, from public libraries, the information of Children’s Picture Book relating with multicultural understanding for last 20 years, as they provide me Inner-Happiness Vitamins and help to remind of my universal mind.

The year of 2020 is hard experience for everyone in any case, especially for children. I hope some children’s picture books will give you and your children Inner-Happiness to light up your universal minds.

Nobuko T. M.

How to find a book to light up your universal mind from our collection?

* By Idea > Visit the page of 2020 Year-end gift idea! (12 sample books)

* By Image > Visit the page of Visual Library (Book number is limited)

* By Category > Visit the page of Children’s Book (More than 500 books categorized)

We wish a healthy, peaceful, and joyful holiday-season to all of you!!!

~~~School House International~~~

Online Story Telling : History and Lives of Black Children is added.

Children’s Books > Online Story Telling : History and lives of Black Children.

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Online Story Telling Children’s Book > online story telling

Literacy ~ Resources Libraries/Literacy > Literacy ~ Resources

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In our human history, so many events have occurred resulting in crossing borders, mixing ethnicities, and blending cultures………….and yet we still cannot help but to put ourselves in a tiny box?!

Here are some quotes:

• True life is lived when tiny changes occur. ~ Leo Tolstoy (His children’s picture book)

• If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. ~ Maya Angelou

• Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. ~ Jalaluddin Mevlani Rumi

12 Films related to Wold’s Racial Matter

(Some images of the list bellowed)

South Africa Background:

1. Cry, the Beloved Country
2. Skin
3. In my country

European Countries Background:

U.S.A. Background:

1. Amistad
2. Freedomland
3. Black or White
4. Toe to Toe
5. Hard Lesson
6. Made in America

Enjoy your quality time!

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To get better understanding Black History with your children, you will find the resources in Black History Month.

Nelson Mandela Quotes will encourage you and your children:

• Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

• True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.

• No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Enjoy your quality time!

~ School House International~