As the warmer months approach, homeowners across the country are eagerly planning ways to refresh and revitalize their living spaces. Summer presents the perfect opportunity to tackle those home improvement projects you’ve been putting off all winter. Whether you’re looking to enhance your outdoor living areas, update your interior spaces, or boost your home’s curb…
I was at NCTE 2024 in Boston when I heard that We Sing From the Heart was recognized as an Orbis Pictus Recommended Book for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. Thank you so much to the NCTE Orbis Pictus committee for this honor! We Sing From The Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for…
I met with Ellen Myrick of Publisher Spotlight as part of my outreach for Multicultural Children’s Book Day and she was one of the organizers of USBBY. I wasn’t familiar with USBBY but when she said that Jacqueline Woodson, Linda Sue Park, and Yuyi Morales would be speaking, I was all in! USBBY is the…
Welcome to the Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves Blog Tour! To celebrate the release of Louisa June and the Nazis on the Waves by L.M. Elliott on March 22nd, 5 sites will be featuring exclusive guest posts from L.M. Elliott plus 5 chances to win a signed copy of Louisa June! Research by L.M. Elliott Okay, here’s a…
Please join me for our Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. December’s event will be held on December 2nd and we are celebrating Interfaith Holidays using The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol…
My favorite social media platform is Pinterest, by far! It’s also the social media platform that gives me the most referral traffic to my blog. My Pinterest pins typically get more views for back to school. This year was particularly high, due to my graphic designer (and mom blogger at Sleeping Should Be Easy), Nina…
Please welcome my guest author today, Cathy Camper, with her list of children’s books featuring Arab American Culture. I first met Cathy Camper through Multicultural Children’s Book Day because her graphic novel series illustrated by Raul the Third, Low Riders in Space, was widely read and enjoyed by our reviewers. I didn’t realize that Cathy…