Have you started your holiday shopping yet? Every year, I resolve to finish before Thanksgiving but it never happens. I have, however, covered art, STEM, and difficult to shop for gifts over the years. Here are my most popular gift guides. I hope it helps you find the perfect present for your loved ones! How…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020 Poster by Jerry Craft!
We are thrilled to release the Multicultural Children’s Book Day poster for 2020 (our 7th year) by Jerry Craft! He is an American cartoonist and children’s book illustrator best known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip Mama’s Boyz. Craft is one of only a handful of syndicated African American cartoonists in the US. Jerry Craft’s…
Meet & Greet for YA/Children’s Writers and Illustrators of Color
Meet & Greet for YA/Children’s Writers and Illustrators of Color in the Boston Area! Thursday, December 5, 2019 7 PM – 9 PM Trident Booksellers & Cafe 338 Newbury St, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 This is a casual meetup for YA and children’s writers and/or illustrators who identify as Indigenous, Black, and/or People of Color (IBPOC)….
13 Children’s Books About Firefighters
Inside: Celebrate our heroes with these children’s books about firefighters! Perfect for preschoolers and kindergarten kids who love firefighters and fire trucks. Vendome Firefighters Memorial is on Commonwealth Avenue in Back Bay Boston near the intersection of Dartmouth Street. I have passed by it many times on my way to my office without knowing what…
Visiting NYU
This is my second visit to NYU (New York University). For my oldest, we did a self-tour of the Tisch School of the Arts last year. I’m glad that my daughter and I sat in the formal school visit which started with an extensive video that went all over the different and copious options of…
My Dorm Room Start Up Celebrates 35 Years & Entrepreneurship Children’s Books
I founded Aquent, now the world’s largest talent agency for creative and Web professionals, in my college dorm room with two classmates, in 1986. Fifteen years later, Aquent has grown to 60 offices in nine countries, generating more than $200 million in revenue last year. It’s a far cry from the early days when we were…
Suffragist Lost to History: Lucy Stone
I recently happened upon the Boston Women’s Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Back Bay Boston. Note that these three women are not placed on a pedestal, but rather use it as a support. That’s a deliberate decision on the part of the artist Meredith Bergmann. I plan to take a closer…