Thank you to YouQuizYouWin.com for sponsoring this post! I’m so pleased to be working with this company based in my home town! YouQuizYouWin.com is offering online LIVE trivia competitions for grades 8 and up! The husband and wife team of Partha and Sumi are avid trivia enthusiasts. Restricted to their homes during the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
Meet Asian Pacific American Hero Bruno Mars
When I started writing Asian Pacific American Heroes, the first person I wrote about was Bruno Mars. It was daunting to capture his huge and successful life thus far in just a few paragraphs. I submitted what I had to my editors and they responded with specific questions including why Bruno Mars got dropped from…
Need Great Diversity Books for Kids? My Book is Free for 5 Days!
Best #OwnVoices Children’s Books: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 is FREE for five days from May 1 through May 5 in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! BEST #OWNVOICES CHILDREN’S BOOKS: My Favorite Diversity Books for Kids Ages 1-12 is a book that I created to highlight books written by authors…
16 Picture Books on Koreans and Korean Americans!
Please welcome my guest author and illustrator today, Aram Kim!! I met Aram through Multicultural Children’s Book Day in 2017 when she was part of our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2018 that we do with The Children’s Book Council. She wrote a fantastic post on diverse picture books revolving around food (my favorite subject!). Her…
7 Playful Picture Books
Please welcome author Maria Gianferrari today with her list of playful picture books. We are also giving away a copy of her new book, Play Like an Animal. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. p.s. I wanted to add one more book to this list! It’s bilingual in Cree! We All…
Cover Reveal of My Newest Book! The Elusive Full Ride Scholarship: An Insider’s Guide
Alison Foley and I wrote How To Coach Girls two years ago and we are back with a new book. Today, we are revealing the cover! The college athletic landscape has changed dramatically in the last six months. The NCAA rules have changed for many sports, creating new timelines for communicating with college coaches. COVID-19 adds…
Creating Cardboard Toys From Boxes
It can be hard to entertain the kids during Shelter-in-Place so I wanted to share my easy cardboard box crafts that kept my kids entertained for half a day. The first is an easy DIY cardboard box car. I generally like to make one car per kid and have them decorate the car with washable…