It’s the Fall, which means some college students are ready to graduate, and others are about to begin their final semester at school. As a result, plans need to be made about what to do post-school, and one of the most important is where to settle down. As you get closer to graduation, planning the…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
30 Years with 30 Artists at Barefoot Books
Barefoot Books was the first that I know of to exclusively create beautiful multicultural books. Now, thirty years later, I was thrilled to celebrate their 30 Years, 30 Artists exhibit at the Umbrella Arts Center in Concord. It features works from Barefoot Books throughout their thirty-year history and, not surprisingly, the artists hail from all…
Multicultural Children’s Book Club: Powwow Day!
Please join us for Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE and virtual multicultural children’s picture book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. November’s event will be held on November 3rd and we are celebrating Native American Heritage Month using Powwow Day by Traci Sorell,…
All Hail: Five Books in Praise of Ice-iness & GIVEAWAY
Brrr. Is it winter yet? Was that snow outside? Here’s a way to welcome winter with my guest author today, Maria Gianferrari, and her list of picture books about ice! Her newest picture book celebrates the ice cycle! We are also giving away a copy of Ice Cycle: Poems About the Life of Ice. To…
Platterful was a Hit for My Daughter in College
My daughter is a sophomore in college and she is a foodie. During her freshman year, she hosted “Charcuterie Night” for her friends in her dorm. It was a big hit even on those sad nights when there was just a pile of cubed cheese that came from the supermarket. Other times, when she was…
Explorer Academy Blog Tour & GIVEAWAY!
Welcome to the Explorer Academy: The Forbidden Island Blog Tour! Follow along all week as we celebrate the release of The Forbidden Island — the heart-pounding final adventure in the hit Explorer Academy series — with behind-the-scenes looks from author Trudi Trueit, plus 5 chances to win the complete 7-book series and an Explorer Academy map! Questions, Anyone? by Trudi Trueit…
5 Children’s Books to Celebrate Halloween & Día de los Muertos + GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author, Susie Jaramillo. I know Susie from piles of wonderful bilingual Spanish board books from her Encantos company (which I thought was a publishing company, but it’s actually much more than that). I gifted the Encantos books to my boxing trainer, Rafi, who is Puerto Rican American and he and his…