My daughter is going to art school and so today I dedicate this post to her and her future classmates celebrating strong, independent female artists! p.s. She won The Newton Art Association Scholarship and didn’t tell us she entered. Picture Books About Strong, Independent Female Artists Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker…
We took advantage of being in Texas to take a tour of U.T. Austin. It’s a large public university, considered a public “Ivy.” My takeaways: — For a large public college, it doesn’t feel overwhelming. This is perhaps because of the large acreage of the school that spreads the students out. — This school feels…
Please welcome my guest author today, Maria Gianfererrai with a STEM list for bird-watching and/or bird-loving kids! We are also giving away a copy of her newest nonfiction picture book, Hawk Rising, illustrated by Caldecott winner Brian Floca! To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by…
Please welcome my guest author today, Mae Respicio, with her list to explore the world using 10 Upcoming Middle Grade Novels of Self-Discovery. We are also giving away an ARC (Advance Release Copy) of her new book, The House That Lou Built that I am really loved! It has a wonderful character to fall in love…
I wanted to thank Barbara Davis from Mom Trusted Choice for selecting me to be on her Top 50 Mom Bloggers list! Her blog covers motherhood and parenting with guides, reviews, helpful tips and tricks and more: “When it comes to mom blogs, there’s plenty of interesting content to read out there. I’m a mom…
There has been a lot of tweets lately about #OwnVoices and who is writing diversity in children’s books after a controversial TedTalk by Nora Raleigh Baskin. I found this article by The Good Men Project that puts everything into perspective. In this post: I will lay out why racism is the foundation for #OwnVoices controversy…
I am happy to partner with Zap Zap Math again! I covered Zapzapmath previously and received positive feedback from my readers, so I’m thrilled to be covering their newest math offering just in time for summer. I usually do some sort of math curriculum with my kids to prevent summer slide. This summer, I’d suggest Zapzapmath Home, a…
It feels like my son barely read any books in 7th grade despite fully recovering from his year-long concussion last year. Upon retrospection, however, he has read quite a few books. It just doesn’t feel that way because he binge-read an 11 book series, Wings of Fire. His love of this series prompted him to…
Welcome to #DiverseKidLit! Please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book links and resources, as well as visiting other links to find great suggestions and recommendations. What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of…
