Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
My son’s favorite class in middle school was Ed-Tech, an engineering class. He thought it was fun to invent things to solve problems. That’s what engineering is … designing and building machines and structures including bridges, roads, vehicles, and buildings. It’s often to solve a practical problem or improve on a machine that already exists….
I’m really excited to be included at the Chappaqua Book Festival on October 5, 2019. It will be held at Bell Middle School, 50 Senter Street, Chappaqua NY 10514. I’ll be in the nonfiction section repping How To Coach Girls, but I’ll also be reading my picture book, Sumo Joe, during one of the read…
I’m thrilled that Sumo Joe shares a book birthday with Rajani LaRocca’s Midsummer Mayhem! She held a wonderful book launch party at The Concord Bookshop and it was fun to see other authors including Carol Gordon Ekster, Alison Goldberg, Susan Tan, Hayley Barrett, and Lisa Rogers. (Lisa is also part of my New in ’19…
My son was introduced to boxing by my trainer Marc Gargaro when he was eight years old. Now he’s fourteen years old. Back then, I would take whatever kid had a free week during the summer and bring him or her to my morning boxing training session. My son was too young to object and…
This is Andrea Wang’s and my fifth installment of our Asian Culture Series. Today, we are talking about Asians and sports. We are exploring our connections to sumo, Nissin Sports, and keeping girls in sports! And, as karma would have it, all of this points towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympics… We are also giving away…
I was struggling to understand the writing axiom “show, don’t tell.” I read blog post after blog post but I still didn’t get it. That is until I took Erin Dionne’s Show Don’t Tell class at the New England SCBWI. I want to share some of her pearls of wisdom: Show Don’t Tell is experiencing…
Does your child love the ocean? Read these oceanography books for kids, with ocean themed stories and educational resources! Please welcome my guest author today, Dr. Laura Gehl, with her list of oceanography books for kids. We are giving away 3 signed copies of Baby Oceanographer. To enter to win, please fill out the Rafflecopter…