Thank you to my husband for taping our NCTE panel: Food: The Universal Language that Connects Us All panel What’s a more universal experience than sharing a meal? Food brings people together, connects communities, and unites generations through tradition. In this moderated panel, four authors will discuss how food is a multidimensional cross-curricular topic that…
I’ll be doing two book signings at the upcoming American Library Association (ALA) Conference in San Diego. On Saturday, June 29th, I’ll be signing Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World at 11:00 am. On Sunday, June 20th, I’ll be signing We Sing From the Heart: How the Slants® Took Their…
Thank you to everyone who came out to Andrew Hacket and my book launch Storytime at Newtonville Books. Andrew read his hilarious Curlilocks and the Three Hares and had a photo frame activity which was a lot of fun! I read from my newest picture book, Boxer Baby Battles Bedtime!, and had the kids put…
I am so glad that I found the courage within myself to submit three haiku to be part of The Writers Loft poetry anthology. I missed the first two even though I was a member of The Writers Loft because I simply did not think of myself as a poet. It wasn’t until there was…
I’m thrilled to be part of the Greater Roxbury Book Fair on Saturday, May 18th, from Noon to 5 pm! Greater Roxbury Book Fair The Fair will take place on Saturday, May 18th, from noon to 5 pm, and will spotlight best-selling, award-winning keynote authors Ibram X. Kendi and Jacqueline Woodson. It will have panels,…
I’m thrilled to be part of the Barefoot Books Retreat this year. I’ll be on this panel on May 4th. 2 pm – Panel: Meet the Barefoot Authors Q&A Attending authors: Bunmi Emenanjo (I’ll See You in Ijebu), Mia Wenjen (Food for the Future), Anna Staniszewski (My Cousin’s Mermaid), Phaea Crede (Jet the Cat (Is…
I will be presenting my “story behind the story” of Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World to the Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children (MAAEYC) on Saturday, April 13th at the Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary. It started with a visit to an oyster farm in…