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Children's Book Week - International Books

For Children's Book Week, Mims House is featuring British children's book illustrator Peter Willis. Mims House Goes I...

Children's Book Week - Peter Willis Design Work

To celebrate Children’s Book Week 2022, Mims House is featuring the books by Peter Willis. ILLUSTRATORS DO OTHER ART ...

Children's Book Week - Football, Cities and Flags from Peter Willis

For Children's Book Week, we are featuring British illustrator, Peter Willis. Speaking of cities, Peter Willis likes ...

Children's Book Week - See Illustrator Peter Willis's Studio

STEP INTO PETER WILLIS'S STUDIO British children's book illustrator Peter Willis is Mims House Books’ featured illus...

Children's Book Week - Meet Illustrator Peter Willis

WILLIS USES DIGITAL COLLAGE When Illustrator Peter Willis created this image (page 32 of THE NANTUCKET SEA MONSTER) ...

Traditional Chinese Medicine Inspires Tu Youyou

Nobel Prize scientist Tu Youyou was inspired by traditional Chinese medicine, especially the writings of Ge Hong. Learn more about this philosopher and alchemist.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

We are thrilled that the School Library Journal has included FEVER: How Tu Youyou Adapted Traditional Chinese Medicin...

The four wonderfully weird (and gross) stages of the mosquito life cycle

All mosquitoes have four basic cycles- egg, larva, pupa, and adult. To prevent malaria, researchers need to understand these cycles.

10 Strategies to Help Kids Choose Books

Pretend you’re a kid walking into your school’s library. Now, pretend you have the task of choosing a good book. Inf...

Children's Book Week, DAY 5 - Social Studies

Mims Books Children's Book Week Challenge #5: Humanities or Social Studies Read a true fake-news story. Learn about t...

Children's Book Week, DAY 4 - Arts Books

Mims Books Children's Book Week Challenge #4: The Arts Creativity through drama. Visual and performing arts is the f...

Children's Book Week, DAY 3 - Science and STEM Books