If you've been following along on instagram then you know that we are pumped about Issue 3! With a focus culture of Taiwan and value of respect, it’s here just in time for Lunar New Year. As always, it's flush with gorgeous artwork and meaningful conversation starters. And at over 20 pages longer than our previous two issues, it’s like a super edition! One of our favorite parts of creating Ditto Kids Magazine is getting to partner with so many extraordinarily talented authors, artists, and changemakers. And this issue is no different. We have the pleasure of publishing Grace Lin’s story “Rainbow Grandpa,” all about Huang Yung-fu, the 99-year old artist who preserved his village by sharing his beautiful artwork....
We often get questions about how our pricing model “works”; do the different prices reflect several years of a subcription? Why not just have a flat rate? Our prices changed back in March as the result of a desire to compensate our small team of educators, partners, and artists fairly and equitably. Not wanting to price anyone out, we found ourselves struggling with the price increase. After weeks of brainstorming, we found a better way to fit both the needs of accountability as a business and the needs of accessibility as a community. Enter our Flexible Pricing Model. Our goal is to get Ditto Kids into as many hands and lives as possible, so we created three pricing options for you to...
Hi friends, this week we have a special treat in preparation for Thanksgiving! We’re so honored to have a guest post by our friend Mari today and to be able to be host her wisdom about food systems in the US. This is always an important topic to be mindful of, but particularly around the holidays, which can be so fueled by consumption. You can hear from Mari below. - And as an added bonus, Mari sent along a recipe for her delicious refridgerator pickles! - Mari enjoys slow living with her husband and daughter in the Midwest, as an escape from a busy career. She aims to teach her daughter about nature and respecting her fellow beings. During her...
Hi everyone! Today we're highlighting some books that capture the Native American experience in an authentic and developmentally appropriate way for children. All of these books were written by Native and Indigenous authors. There are many books about Native Americans out there, but not nearly as many by them. It’s important to us here at Ditto to lift up the stories and perspectives of people representing their own cultures. We hope you enjoy the books on this list as much as we do! “Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story” by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family. "Hungry Johnny" by Cheryl Kay Minnema and Wesley Ballinger is a sweet tale about...
It may seem early to be thinking about shopping for holiday gifts, but with factors outside of our control affecting our normal routines, the sooner orders are placed, the better. Not only does shopping early help shoppers out, but it ensures that the small makers we’re featuring here have the cash to create a happy holiday season for their own families. By supporting local or global businesses owned by racialized and marginalized* people, we can play a small but impactful role in promoting restorative justice and equitable distribution of wealth. Our money holds power. By directing our dollars towards businesses and causes that align with our worldview, we can shift how we consume individually and as a society. We've made shopping...
