At the heart of Tandem programming is a commitment to providing families with multilingual, multicultural, diverse children’s books. Tandem’s StoryCycles® program is filled with children’s books specially chosen not only for their quality, but also for their ability to reflect the families and the children Tandem serves.

Recently, Lucia Graves of The Guardian spoke with Tandem’s Deputy Director, Sara Rizik-Baer on the importance of diversity in children’s books. Also featured in Graves’ article is local children’s book author Innosanto Nagara. Nagara’s A is for Activist and Counting on Community are included within Tandem’s circulating StoryCycles book collection.