SpiderSmart began with a strong Asian connection in Annandale, Virginia, just outside of Washington DC. Known as “Little Korea,” this community needed and supported our first SpiderSmart learning center. We love that May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month! We keep a global attitude at SpiderSmart and want…

Create & Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers This year, the National Education Association is promoting the theme Create and Celebrate a Nation of Diverse Readers. Let’s think about what this means and why it is important. What’s the Point? Reading a book transports us to another world and can…

Three Sisters Witness History! Rita Williams-Garcia is the African American author of a beloved trilogy of books about the Gaither sisters: Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern. These books cover a turbulent time in American history, the late 1960s, when the edge of the Civil Rights Movement was becoming more militant, and…