My kids grew up eating Filipino food but just a few basics that we know how to prepare ourselves such as “Sour Soup” or Sinigang, and pork Adobo. I searched for Filipino restaurants in the Boston area but the only one specializing in Filipino cuisine closed down during Covid and never reopened. When we visited…
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Animal Friendship Early Readers & Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author today, Vicky Fang! I know her from the Soaring 20s picture book group that we are both in. We are giving away a SIGNED copy of her newest book, Best Buddies. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. —— There’s something so perfect about animal friendship early…
Mitali Perkins Hope in the Valley Book Launch at Newtonville Books
Mitali Perkins returns to Newtonville Books, her previous home, with her book launch for her lauded middle-grade book, Hope in the Valley. Here, she’s in conversation with Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton, the editor-in-chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996 to 2021. Mitali reads the first chapter of Hope in the Valley. Q&A with Mitali…
16 Wonderful Space-Themed Children’s Books & GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest authors, Sabrina and Eunice, sisters, and co-founders of Hello!Lucky, a design studio, and creators of Get Outer My Space: The Cosmic Adventures of Astrid and Stella. They created a list of their favorite Space-Themed Children’s Books! I’ve added a few picks of my own for a total of 16 wonderful space-themed…
Food for the Future in EdibleBoston! 4 page insert!
Barefoot Books has partnered to create edible for KIDS, a four-page insert that is in EdibleBoston and other cities that are part of the Edible Community magazine series. Here’s a video of the four-page spread for Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World. Have you seen this in your city? Please…
7 Children’s Books on Armenia + 2 Signed Book GIVEAWAY!
Please welcome my guest author, Joan Schoettler, with her 7 children’s books on Armenia, Celebrating Armenia and the Armenian Culture through Picture Books and Middle Grade Novels. October is Armenian Cultural Month so this is a great time to learn about Armenia’s rich cultural heritage. We are giving away two signed copies of The Honey…