Andrea Wang and I have an Asian Culture and KidLit series. Today, I am releasing the cover of my debut picture book, Sumo Joe, illustrated by debut picture book illustrator Nat Iwata. I want everyone to meet my awesome illustrator, Nat Iwata, so I have interviewed him below. Asian Culture and KidLit series with…
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5 Empowering Parenting Books
Please welcome author, podcaster, and speaker Cindy Wang Brandt today. We are giving away 3 copies of her book, Parenting Forward: How to Raise Children with Justice, Mercy and Kindness. How do we build a better world? One key way, says Cindy Wang Brandt, is by learning to raise our children with justice, mercy, and kindness. Please fill…
Two-Year Wait List Book Trailer Release! My Sister’s Book!
My sister’s book is coming out March 1, 2019! She’s a piano teacher with a marketing background, so it’s not a surprise that she wrote a book called Two-Year Wait List: An Entrepreneurial Guide for Music Teachers: In my new book, Two-Year Wait List: An Entrepreneurial Guide for Music Teachers, I share my tried-and-true method of…
18 Children’s Books Set in Museums
I love this board book series set in the British Museum. I was fortunate to have visited The British Museum years ago so it brought back fond memories. A half-day is not enough time though and I’d love to go back so armchair traveling will have to suffice through these books. I’m giving away the…
Blood Feud over YA #BloodHeir
As the daughter of a Chinese immigrant, I feel compelled to write in support of Amélie Wen Zhao. She immigrated to the U.S. at age 18 from China. Chasing her dreams, she wrote while a professional in finance, and won from a YA Pitch on Twitter, a 3 book deal from Delacourt worth in the neighborhood…
Join Us for #DiverseKidLit Linky!
Now that the 6th annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day has come to a close, we need to keep the buzz and excitement surrounding diverse kidlit going! If you are a parent, grandparent, caregiver, teacher, or librarian looking for amazing diverse kidlit recommends to share with your young readers, you will love this recurring monthly resource…
Racism and White Fragility at #ALAMW19
I did not attend the ALA Midwinter Conference 2019 but I follow it, like all KidLit bloggers, to see who won the ALA book awards. In following the tweets, I saw some ugly racism that I want to cover today: 1. Let’s start with a baseline of whiteness in librarians versus the general population of…







