The 2016 Youth Media Awards will be announced at 8 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, January 11, 2016, during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition in Boston. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. local time. The Pura Belpré Award marks its 20th anniversary in 2016. My predictions for the Caldecott and Newbery this year are here….
Month: January 2016
Multicultural Children’s Book Day FREE Poster
Our Multicultural Children’s Book Day illustrator is Robert Liu-Trujillo!! Get our FREE downloadable poster: Multicultural Children’s Book Day FREE Downloadable Poster. You can also download via Dropbox here. To learn more about Robert Liu-Trujillo, please go here. My books: BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 is a book that I created to…
Civil Rights Movement Books for 4th Grade and MLK Day
In honor of Martin Luther King, Junior day, I wanted to share my son’s 4th grade Civil Rights Movement project. His teacher created a really great timeline that I hope will be helpful as well. Civil Rights Movement Books for 4th Grade and MLK Day I am Jackie Robinson (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad…
New Year’s Resolutions to Scare the Pants Off Me
My friend Lydia convinced me that we both had to sign up for Haymakers for Hope this year. Sign up now to be a part of Haymakers for Hope’s 6th Annual “Rock N’ Rumble” on May 19 at Boston’s House of Blues! According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly 40% of men and women will…
Boxing Fitness GIVEAWAY: The 30 Day Boxer’s Diet and BOXYGEN
I’m in that perimenopause phase of life that has some unpleasant symptoms: Loss of bone. With declining estrogen levels, you start to lose bone more quickly than you replace it, increasing your risk of osteoporosis — a disease that causes fragile bones. Changing cholesterol levels. Declining estrogen levels may lead to unfavorable changes in your blood…